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Smith, Elder & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. No Edition Remarks. 362 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Pen and pencil inscription and markings to free endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

Blackwell, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Third Edition. 164 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sunning to spine.

Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. No Edition Stated. 128 pages. Green jacket over green cloth with silver titles to spine. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Faint creases to some pages. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Silver titles are bright. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with small areas of loss, tears, chips and creasing. Jacket moderately foxed to flaps.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. 153 pages. No dust jacket. Green and baige cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

James Clarke, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 1909. 331 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Rupert Hart Davis, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. 226 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges.

Colnaghi, 1968. Hardcover. Good. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Contains black & white illustrations and plates. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Visible sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Brown lettering is bright and clear to spine.

Pickering & Inglis, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. White marks overall.Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Light tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Pickering & Inglis, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and major rubbing to spine. Boards are bowed. Clipped jacket with distinctive edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and splitting to joints.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 1909. No edition remarks. 404 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate in some places. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers. Heavy tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends.

Lutterworth, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. No edition remarks. 265 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing.

Lutterworth Press, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. First Edition. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards.

Independent Press Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. Good. 1943. Second Impression. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Ex-Libris sticker to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Scuffing and light marking overall. Mild rubbing to surfaces, with slight tanning to spine and edges. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Impact Books, 1971. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1971. No edition remarks. 208 pages. Dedicated "To Cindy" on front endpaper, and signed by J. D. Sumner. Photographic dust jacket with white lettering over blue cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Moderate brown staining to pages on occasion, mainly from p132. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine and board edges, with light scuffing and soiling to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, large tears and loss to edges and corners. Notable tanning, large brown stains, creasing and soiling all over DJ.

University of Toronto Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 390 pages. Black and blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some scuffing to edges.

Oxford University Press, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Sticker to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Front and rear boards are loose but still attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Notable marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

Jeffrey Fredrick Kingaby, 2009. Paperback. Good. 2009. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. Signed by the author. Colour photographic paper cover with photographic black and white in text images throughout. Authors signature to inside of the front cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Reuther & Reichard, 1905. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1905. No Edition Remarks. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with German text. Moderate tanning to pages with tape residue to front endpaper. Visible foxing and dog-eared pages throughout with heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and sunning with minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavy sunning to spine as well.

James Clarke & Co, 1903. Hardcover. Good. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

MULLER, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. 303 pages. Red jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.