Wisdom, Madness and Folly by Custance, John - 1952-01-01

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Second Impression. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with black lettering to spine. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's pen and pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Moderate dog-eared corners. Occasional grey thumb-marking present throughout, with a tiny tear to half title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and minor crushing to spine ends. Slight tanning to spine, with a subtle bow overall. Faint rub marks on front and rear board. Small dent to rear board.

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ink stamp inscriptions to back free endpaper and pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Boards are bowed. Visible wear marks to boards.

VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. Slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and staining to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Pellegrini. Very Good/Good. 1952. Clean & Tight Contents. Hard Cover. (S247) very good hard cover with a good dust wrapper now in protective mylar .