Vain Escape by E. Charles Vivian
1952. First Edition. 248 pages. Illustrated jacket over black cloth. Silver gun to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Slight water staining to front endpaper. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Silver bright. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Pencil marks to front flap. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall.