The Private Secretary Stella Hardwick-Smith & Brenda Rowe
1958. First UK Edition. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white photographic plates. Slight insect damage to page 43. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Prize plate stuck to front paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with minor bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Water stain to upper corner.