MAKE-BELIEVE by GOUDGE, ELIZABETH - 1949

Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. First Edition Thus. 232 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to otherwise clear pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 232 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and half title page. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to tears on inside. Heavy tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over. Mild foxing to rear panel.

Gerald Duckworth, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. First Illustrated Ed. 232 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Flat signed by author to half title page. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. Decorated end papers. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Moderate foxing to top text block edge. Binding remains firm. Minor bubbling to rear pastedown. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Slight sunning to spine head and tail, also to bottom edge of front board. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Ghosting of cover image to front board cloth. Unclipped jacket , priced 8s 6d, has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate sunning to spine. Slight loss to head and tail of spine. Moderate tanning to spine.