The Loving Heart Elisabeth Inglis-Jones
1942. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth. Signed by the author with dedication on title page to novelist Oriel Malet. Rough-cut pages. Minor thumb marking, foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns front free endpaper; text unaffected. Minor marginalia to p306. Heavy thumb marks to p188. Light cracking and creasing to gutters and hinges with slightly loose binding. Previous owner's inscriptions to front endpaper. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning, fraying and scuffing overall. Spine and board edges have heavier tanning with heavy splitting, fraying and crushing. Book has a slight forward lean. Slight liquid staining overall. Small hole to surface of front board.