The Young and the Pity by Kathleen J. Smith
1966. First Edition. 199 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth with authors signature to front endpaper. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have major rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and distinctive rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and creasing to interior.