August is a Wicked Month

First edition, first impression.  220pp.  Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine.  Upper text block edge sprayed red.  8vo.  Cloth gently rounded at corners and spine ends.  Upper text block edge faded, Previous owner’s name flamboyantly inked on a faintly toned front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  In its original dust jacket, not price clipped, a little faded, markedly over spine, gently bumped at extreme edges.  Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.