first edition
1951 · London
by Stephen Tait; Kenneth Allott; E.M. Forster [story]
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1951. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); 124pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with 7/6 net price intact; boards bound in green cloth with gilt stamping to front panel and spine. Dust jacket toned throughout with significant toning along spine, edges, and flap folds. Jacket bumped along edges and spine ends with small chips visible at spine ends and corners. Small tears to front panel and middle of spine do not obstruct text. Some staining to spine is visible from jacket verso. Boards show creasing to cloth where front panel meets spine; bumped at spine ends and corners. (truncated)