The King Must Die by Mary Renault
1958. Third Impression. 373 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild stain to front. Boards are mildly warped.