The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles Fiction

1949. Second impression. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to a blue panel on spine. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces sunned, particularly heavily to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Spine dust stained. Some water staining to front. Boards are slightly bowed.