Catch That Spider [First Edition]

1949. First Edition. 244 pages. Illustrated jacket over red cloth with black lettering to spine. Illustrated in B&W by Terry Freeman. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Slightly exposed binding at hinges. Binding firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable at start and end of book and on text block edges. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Tape marks to pastedowns and endpapers. A few dog-eared corners. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Spine is a little sunned. Slight spotting. Book has a moderate forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear: small tears, mild chips, creasing. A touch rubbed and marked overall. Slight spots to rear. Surface tearing to front flap.