The Villa Diana by A. Moorehead
1951. First Edition. 150 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by Osbert Lancaster. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel. Moderate tape repairs to interior flaps, spine and panels. Minor tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.