The Blue Elephant

by Peter Thornhill

1948. First Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Illustrations are moderately tanned with some foxing. Black and brown marks to pages. Text still readable. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Substantial area of loss with fraying to spine tails. Black marks to all surfaces.