£3,780
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 725
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
A Fairy Story. London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original green cloth, spine lettered in white, with the dust jacket (priced 6s on front flap, 'An early list for 1945' advertisement on rear panel, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso). Spine rolled, sunning to head of spine and along foot of spine and covers, slight fraying to foot of spine, tips bumped, dust jacket with a few chips and nicks, spine-panel rubbed and section of rear joint worn through