Sweet Is the Rose by Helen Douglas Irvine
1944. First Edition. 180 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and moderate tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and boards are bowed. Unclipped jacket with visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and rubbing. Major sunning to spine and bending to inside flaps with heavy sunning to interior.