The Thing Desired Lalage Pulvertaft
1957. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild water staining to pages throughout and text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean.