Carnation of the Upper Fourth

London, 1934. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. (London: Girls Own Paper Office - undated - [1934]). Publisher's original red cloth with blue titles to upper board and to spine. The boards are in very good condition though the colour is a little mottled to the spine (due to colour transfer onto the inside of the D/W). The book is in VG+ condition with some light soiling marks to the prelims otherwise the pages are very clean with only occasional spots throughout. The edges of the front paste-down have some pink staining from the red cloth that has bled through. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON TO THE FRONT FREE END-PAPER: "Joy Brown/ with love and best wishes/ for a happy birthday/ from Elinor M. Brent Dyer./ May 18th 1939." The publisher's original D/W, which has no loss at all, is un-clipped showing the original price of 2/- net to the inside flap. It is also in VG+ condition with no loss and only a few very minor creases. The spine does not appear sunned at all, but the back panel does show a little of the red colour that has bled through from the cloth as well as a little light soiling. In all a VG+ copy in like D/W with the added bonus of the VERY SCARCE CONTEMPORARY INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR. Scarce with these attributes.