Castle Gillian by Maurice Walsh - 1948

W. & R. Chambers, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. First Published. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate staining, sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

W. & R. Chambers, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. First Published. 303 pages. Illustrative jacket over orange cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light bumping to corners. Minor marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Light rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

W. & R. Chambers, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1955. Reprinted. 304 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning to panels and spine. Visible wear marks to panels and spine.

W. & R. Chambers, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1955. Reprint. 303 pages. Yellow and red dust jacket over red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free endpaper is removed. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible sunning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

W and R Chambers, Limited , 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Publication of 304 pages. Name of the previous owner and small stamp marks. New spine. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a a touch edge worn. There is little foxing on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Chambers, London, 1952. Hardcover. Reprint. Condition: Good. First endpaper clipped. Boards and interior very clean No Dust Jacket.