Once Upon an Island by J. Radford-Evans - 1949

Spring Books, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. First Edition. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean.

Spring Books, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. First Edition. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible ink marks and dog-eared pages throughout with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Major tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and visible edge wear. Moderate bumping to corners and splitting to joints. There is fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.

London: Spring Books, 1949. 188p., original red cloth with gilt spine titles, brightly illustrated dust-jacket, light wear, VG/VG.. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.