Purposes of Love by Mary Renault
1968. First Edition. 346 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor pencil inscription to front front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Dark rubbed marking to spine. Speckled dark marking to front panel.