Vanguard: The Payment of a Debt of Honour by H. V. T. Burton
1940. First Edition. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Significant twisting to text block. Stamp to front free endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and staining to gutters, slightly exposing netting, but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.