HARDCOVER WITH NO DUST JACKET PRINTED IN 1911 IN DUBLIN,, IRELAND.
EXTERIOR BOARDS HAVE SIGNIFICANT SURFACE WEAR WITH VISIBLE CORNER AND EDGE WEAR-THROUGH (PHOTO 19 & 20) AND WEAR AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE (PHOTO 21 & 22). REAR BOARD HAS LIGHT CLOTH BUBBLING AND SURFACE WEAR (PHOTO 24). A COUPLE OF HINGE LOCATIONS, FRONT AND REAR, ARE THREADBARE (PHOTO 23). Exterior would qualify as Good minus
INTERIOR HAS OWNER INFORMATION ON FRONTEND PAPER (PHOTO 18). I FOUND THREE CORNER BENDS BUT HAD ROOM TO ONLY INCLUDE TWO HERE (PHOTO 14 & 15).
-IT APPEART THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD TO USE A PAPER KNIFE TO SEPARATE ALL OF THE GROUPINGS AND SHE DID VERY WELL WITH A SINGLE EXCEPTION (PHOTO 17).
- THE REMAINING PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED TO REFLECT EXAMPLES OF MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE FOXING (PHOTO 5, 7, 10 & 12).
-USE ZOOM FUNCTION AND YOU WILL SEE LIGHT FOXING IN OTHER PHOTOS. ONE PAGE WAS CREASED VERTICALY AND COMPLETELY (PHOTO 9).
- PLEASE NOTE THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY PHOTO SHOWS A LOWER RIGHT CORNER BUMP THAT EXISTS THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE BOOK
THERE IS STILL REMAINING GOLD LEAF ON TOP PAGE EDGES BUT IT IS WORN (PHOTO 19). WORST FOXING IS (PHOTO 16 & 18)) While I understand why the frond end paper has foxing, I was surprised to see the worst internal foxing being on pages 192-193.
THERE ARE TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JACK B. YEATS, SEVEN OF WHICH ARE SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS.
WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE OWNER’S NAME AND INFORMATION ON FRONT END PAPER, PAGES
HAVE NO WRITING, NO STAMPS, NO LABELS, NO TEARS, NO UNDERLINING, NO HIGHLIGHTING, NO MARKS, AND BOOK BINDING IS TIGHT AND NOT QUITE SQUARE. There are no splits in the binding so I have to assume a prior owner took some care to make repairs, because the binding is tight.
PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY
ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE DESCRIPTION
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