Beard the Lion William Manchester
1959. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Visible foxing. Mild water staining to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.