The Book of Birds and Beasties by Eleanor E. Helme
No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Barbara Briggs. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning. Binding is slightly loose with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil markings to front free endpaper and pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.