Gold Ballast Ernest Laurie Long
1952. First Edition. 253 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Sticker residue to front endpaper and pastedown and major foxing and tanning to text block edges. Binding is loose. Boards have visible tape residue and rubbing with heavier edge wear and crushing to spine ends. Visible bumping to corners and boards are bowed. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and creasing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.