COLLECTION OF FOUR VINTAGE BOOKS - MID-20TH CENTURY

OVERVIEW:
A CURATED COLLECTION OF FOUR VINTAGE BOOKS SPANNING THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY, FEATURING LITERARY WORKS AND EPHEMERA FROM THE 1940S-1960S ERA. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES WAR BRIDES BY LOIS BATTLE WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, MOTHER'S LITTLE GIRL BY ETHEL TURNER IN DECORATIVE CLOTH BINDING, THE NUN'S STORY IN CLEAN CONDITION, AND A VINTAGE STAMP ALBUM WITH SHIP IMAGERY.

SPECIFICATIONS:

1. WAR BRIDES BY LOIS BATTLE
- PUBLISHER: VINTAGE EDITION WITH ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET
- CONDITION: DUST JACKET SHOWS SIGNIFICANT WEAR, CREASING, AND AGE-RELATED DISCOLOURATION. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN AND READABLE.
- NOTABLE FEATURE: DUST JACKET DEPICTS FAMILY GROUP AT SHIP WINDOW, CHARACTERISTIC OF WARTIME NARRATIVE FICTION

2. MOTHER'S LITTLE GIRL BY ETHEL TURNER
- BINDING: DECORATIVE CLOTH WITH EMBOSSED FLORAL PATTERN IN MUTED GREEN TONES
- CONDITION: PAGES EXHIBIT FOXING AND YELLOWING CONSISTENT WITH AGE. BINDING SECURE.
- PERIOD: EARLY-TO-MID TWENTIETH CENTURY PRODUCTION

3. THE NUN'S STORY
- FORMAT: CLEAN INTERIOR PAGES WITH MINIMAL MARKING
- CONDITION: TITLE PAGE CLEARLY LEGIBLE, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MAINTAINED

4. VINTAGE STAMP ALBUM
- COVER: RED CLOTH WITH EMBOSSED GOLD LETTERING READING 'STAMP ALBUM'
- DECORATION: COLOUR ILLUSTRATION OF CARGO VESSEL WITH LIGHTHOUSE, MOUNTED ON FRONT COVER
- CONDITION: MINOR WEAR TO COVERS, PAGES INTACT

CONDITION NOTES:
THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS TYPICAL MID-CENTURY BOOK CONDITION WITH EXPECTED AGE-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING FOXING, YELLOWING, AND DUST JACKET WEAR. ALL VOLUMES REMAIN READABLE AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE DECORATIVE CLOTH BINDINGS SHOW THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF PERIOD BOOKBINDING, WITH EMBOSSED PATTERNS AND GILT LETTERING LARGELY INTACT. THE WAR BRIDES DUST JACKET, WHILST WORN, RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT FEATURE OF THE LOT.

Item Size: Height: 30cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 7Kg

Condition: Fair

221824+3

Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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