A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
1951. Reprint. 333 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Note: a heavily damaged book with intense staining and splitting. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Tape marks to pastedowns and endpapers. A few dog-eared corners. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have heavy edge wear, with some bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are very crushed and frayed. Joints worn too with extensive frayed splits. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn. Water stains to front.