Selected Stories by Malachi Whitaker (Jonathan Cape, 1949)
Selected Stories
Malachi Whitaker
Jonathan Cape, 1st edition 1949
A collection of short stories (previously published 1929-34) from the Yorkshire writer.
Dustwrapper by Hans Tisdall.
Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 256pp. 7.5 x 5.25 inches approx. (190mm x 130mm).
Dustwrapper a little rubbed and worn to extremities, occasional short edge tear; creased and worn to spine head; a touch dusty. Boards bumped to upper corner; bumped to spine head. Offsetting to endpapers, signs of pencil erasure to front free endpaper; page-block bumped to upper corner, spotting to edges.
Overall, showing some light wear but remaining a nice, clean copy in its attractive dustwrapper – uncommon.
[SOLD]
ref. The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 by Martin Salisbury (Thames and Hudson, 2017)