Emil and the Detectives Erich Kaestner
1931. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout by Sax. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is strongly dulled. Book has strong forward lean.