STRAW INTO GOLD (An Account of the Doings of a Worker in Ideas from the Armistice of '18 to the Crisis of '38) by VALE, Edmund - 1939

Methune & co. ltd, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. First Edition. 405 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 405 pages. Black dust jacket over orange cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to edges. Splits and fraying to spine ends and joints. Small marks overall. Textblock is shaky. Book has a notable forward lean. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Scratches to panels.

London: Methuen, 1939. First. . Hardcover. Good+/good-. 12mo. small mark to top ff spine and front board. Moderate foxing, mainly to endpapers and prelims, light elsewhere. Dw has repaired tear to head of spine. Wear and tears to top edge. Rubbing to joints.