Bear, Mouse and Waterbeetle by John Hastings Turner
1938. First Edition. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Illustrated by Warwick Lendon. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy cracking to front hinge with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate foxing to all surfaces. Scuffing and large water stain to rear board. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Splits to spine joints.