The House of Contentment by A.H.Rasmussen
1961. First Edition. 208 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour pictorial frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil inscription and markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Boards are bowed. Clipped Jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.