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Very good first edition book in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author below frontispiece picture. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped text and graphics on front panel and gilt text on spine. Boards are clean. Extremities and spine are darkened. Transfer stains along front and back inside gutters. Back free end paper has a 7/8" by up to 1/4" stain along the lower outside edge which carries over (decreasingly) on text pages 92 to 81; else book is internally clean. Text block is tight. Dust jacket has shelf-wear soil overall; extremities are sunned, spine heavily. Stain at tail of jacket spine. Several chips and rubs along upper edge at head of jacket spine. Upper left corner on front panel has 7/8" closed vertical tear to the right of the "R" in Robert. Fore-edge folds are creased and rubbed, fore-edge corner tips are rubbed with minimal loss. All inside flap corners are universally clipped. Price of $2.00 is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.