The Gentle Step - Signed by the Author by Brian Hession
1958. First Edition. 216 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Flat signed by the author to front free endpaper. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Notable tape to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges.