The Silver Fairy Book by Various
No Edition Remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout by H R Miller. Silver text block edges. Tissue guard protecting frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Cracking to gutters, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription and paper worn away to half-title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends with splits to spine edges. Minor loss to both ends. Stain to rear board with water drops to front. Book has a slight forward lean.