The Apple-Stone [First Edition - In Dust Jacket - Ex Library]

1965. First Edition. 191 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated jacket over brown cloth with blue metallic lettering to spine. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Illustrated in B&W by William Stobbs. Children's fantasy in which the characters find a talking stone which can 'animate the inanimate', with various unforeseen consequences ensuing. Pages have slight foxing and tanning. Slight gutter cracking. Shaky binding. A few dog-eared corners. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners, edges, and spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slight paper fragments adhering to bottom edge. Book has a moderate forward lean. Lettering is bright. Unclipped jacket (priced 15s, recently extricated from plastic sleeve) has light edgewear with small tears, chips, creases. Approx 1cm patch of loss to rear panel. Subtle foxing to flaps, rear panel.