The Reluctant Cook by Ethelind Fearon
1961. Sixth printing. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Alex Jardine. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Some page edges torn and folded. Marks to outside of textblock. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Boards are slightly bowed.