The Face Beside the Fire by Laurens Van Der Post
1953. No edition remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Minor chipping to rear hinge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to spine and rear board. Boards are mildly warped.