Nipping Bear H. L'Estrange Malone
230 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson. Colour and B&W illustrations throughout. Moderate brown staining & finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscriptions to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Plate at page 64 torn out but repaired with tape. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.