Mr.Grimpwinkle's Marrow by Joan Drake
1959. First Edition. 87 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth. Contains black and white, colour in text illustrations by Stewart Irwin. Pages are lightly tanned with some foxing throughout. Slightly heavier to endpapers, pastedowns, and text block edges. Binding is firm. Illustrations remain mostly bright and clear. Illustration on page no. 7 slightly coloured in with blue pen. Faint thumb-marking overall. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Lettering to spine remains bright and clear. Minor brown marks to rear board. Unclipped jacket, priced 6s. Panels have visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Small area of loss to spine ends and corners, with scuffing to edges. Faint black marks to rear panel.