No Fond Return of Love [First Edition] by Barbara Pym - 1961

Jonathan Cape, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Pages remain bright and clear with mild tanning throughout. Binding remains firm. Minor paper remnants to rear pastedown, with faint pencil inscription. Occasional thumb-marking with some small brown marks to a couple of pages. Text is unaffected. Minor black pen marks to bottom edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor fraying to ends. Sticker remnants to bottom edge of front board. Faint black markings to boards. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.