The Book Of The Wild - Nature Tales From Many Lands by J. Chappell
1938. First edition thus. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Faint creases to some pages. Front endpaper has been removed. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Book has a moderate forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.