The Royal Gardeners, King George VI and his Queen by W.E. Shelwell-Cooper
1952. First Edition. 66 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour pictorial frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning and foxing to free endpapers. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped Jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Price sticker to panel.