Oxford Book of Poetry for Children by Edward Blishen
1963. First Edition. 167 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Contains colour in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Faint pen inscription to front pastedown, with light ink marking to front free endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits, causing spine ends to be slightly loose. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is in plastic cover. Mild tanning to spine and edges.