The Three Pebbles

by Richard Parker

1954. 253 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning and mild foxing throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Black marks to all surfaces. Unclipped jacket. Panels have heavy edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Substantial area of loss to edges, corners and spine tails.