The Wailing Vale by Aziz Beg
1969. First Published. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Water staining to pages throughout. Annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Parts of dust jacket stuck to front board. Pen marks to front board. Textblock is shaky.