The Sword in the Scabbard by Michael Joseph
1942. First Edition. 226 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth.Book is forward leaning. Dark rubbing overall. Splits to spine joints. Blue stained marks to boards. Mild foxing overall.