NO SLIP CASE.

OUTER BOARDS HAVE HEAVY PAPER TONING, DARKER ON THE EDGES, AND THERE IS WEAR THROUGH TO THE PAPER ON THE CORNERS. FADING ON THE EDGES OF THE SPINE AND FADING TO GILT TITLES ON SPINE.

- INTERIOR HAS AGE RELATED PAPER TONING AND THE BOOK WAS UNREAD. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MANY OF THE PAGES HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ADJACENT PAGES ARE CONNECTED AT THE TOP EDGE (PHOTO 5, 6, 7). MANY WOULD SAY THIS HAS "EDGES UNTRIMMED" BUT IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL NEED A SHARP BLADE TO SEPARATE THE PAGES ALONG THE TOP. Other than having uncut or untrimmed pages, the book has no additional condition issues of note.

- PAGES XXI THROUGH 110 HAVE BEEN SEPARATED. MOST WERE SEPARATED WELL BUT A FEW HAVE SMALL IMPERFECTIONS IN THE SEPARATION. WITHIN THAT SPAN, THE ORIGINAL OWNER CHOSE NOT TO SEPARATE PAGES THAT WERE PART OF A POEM, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE TIMES.

- ROMAN NUMERALED PAGES THROUGH XX, AND PAGES 110-288 WILL BE YOUR JOB TO SEPARATE

INTERIOR PAGES HAVE NO WRITING, NO STAMPS, NO LABELS, NO TEARS, NO CREASES, NO NOTED INTERIOR SOILING, NO CORNER BUMPS, AND NO FOXING TO PAGES. BINDING IS TIGHT AND SQUARE

THIS LACK OF PAGE SEPARATION SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE FOR THIS BOOK.

Life in a Man-of-War or Scenes in Old Ironsides During Her Cruise in the Pacific

by A FORE-TOP-MAN (Mercier, Henry James) . Preface by Elliot Snow