Overture To Death Marsh, Ngaio

12mo. 352pp. Very good minus book in good only dust jacket. First edition. Blue cloth covered boards with lighter blue-stamped lettering and graphics on spine. Board panels are clean but lightly scuffed. Spine is sunned; more so on edges at head and tail of board spine. Faint stains and scuffs on board panels. Lower front fore-edge corner tip has slight rub-through. External page edges are age-toned and with faint signs of foxing; oval stain on fore-edge of 1" by 3/8". Front and back end-papers have shadow transfers and binding glue residue stains. Text pages are age-toned, else clean. One dog-ear corner. Text block is snug. Good only dust jacket. Spine folds are heavily creased. Losses, chips, tears and many creases across edges and corners at head and tail of jacket spine and adjacent upper and lower edges of front and back panels. Front and back inside flaps are separated but held in place with old tape repairs - see photo of reverse side. Several additional closed tears and creases on upper and lower edges. All fore-edge corners have loss from rubs. Inside front flap has a 2 1/8" by 3/4" price clip. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.