The Spider's Palace by Richard Hughes
1931. First Edition. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Orange illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed orange with minor water marks. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Boards are bowed. Visible wear marks to boards.