The Gentle Americans by Helen Howe
1965. 459 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt decoration. Signed by Joyce Grenfell. Well bound and clean pages, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Heavy cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Water stains to frontispiece. Moderate tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions and insert to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned with water stains to front surface.