The Nine Tailors, Changes Rung on an Old Theme in Two Short Touches and Two Full Peals

This is a 4/6 net Cheap Edition. First published in 1934, this is the SEVENTEENTH impression. Very good minus book in good plus dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Board spine is heavily sunned in places corresponding to losses on dust jacket spine. Edges at head and tail of board spine are crimped. Small bumps on all fore-edge corners, the largest on the lower front corner. External page edges are age-darkened and soiled and with some foxing. Shadow transfers on end papers. Previous owner's inscription and small bookseller's label (Auckland) on FFEP. Small red round stamp with initials on back free end paper. Text pages are age-toned. Text block is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and sunned overall and with many fox-like stains, including the inside flaps. Upper edges of inside flaps are also sunned. Jacket spine has losses at head and tail and center of spine. All folds are heavily creased and with rub-throughs on the front fore-edge fold, and at the upper and lower ends of the back fore-edge fold. Upper left corner on back jacket panel has irregular loss of 1" by up to 3/4"; lower left corner has a 5/8" open and closed tear with several adjacent diagonal creases to the lower edge of back panel. Front fore-edge corners are rubbed and with losses of up to 3/8". Several additional small closed vertical tears and creases along upper and lower edges of front and back panels. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. Except for the UK and Canada, international destinations may require alternative methods of delivery and will result in additional shipping costs.…