Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kaestner
1931. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red illustrated cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of front endpaper. Notable stain to fore edge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.