It's Cold in the Channel [Signed, First Edition]

1956. First Edition. 191 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Signed by the author in blue pen to FEP, with inscription "To Lady Waldegrave with best wishes". Includes B&W photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Binding is firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slight sunning to edges of spine. Mildly dusty joints. Book has a heavy forward lean. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket (priced 16s net) has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is a touch rubbed and marked overall. Jacket moderately foxed overall, heaviest to front panel.