Covers and edges are lightly soiled from much use. Some pages have smudges and discard stamps. Library markings in book, but not on spine. Half-title torn where pocket was removed. Spine is slightly cocked.
Frontispiece page is wrinkled from wetness of glue used to put date slip on other side.
Reading copy, but still sturdy enough to handle more wear. Wraps are rubbed and bottom front corner of wraps and first few pages are badly chipped. Inside covers and pages are beginning to darken. The story of a fisherman's motherless son, set in an island in the Mediterranean. Picked-On Pat by Aleda Renken.