HARDCOVER WITH NO DUST JACKET. PRINTED IN 1925 (PHOTO 4) AND OVERALL CONDITION IS A STRONG VERY GOOD.

 EXTERIOR (PHOTO 1-3, 21-24) HAS RUBBING TO THE BLUE DYE ON THE SPINE AND CORNER EDGES (PHOTO 21-22) AND LIGHT SOILING AND CORNER BUMPS. FRONT COVER HAS A SINGULAR ANNOYING SOILING SPOT (PHOTO 1 & 2) BUT I AM AFRAID THAT IF I TRY TO CLEAN IT, I MAY FADE THE DYE; WHICH IS WORSE. 

-GOLD GILT PRINTING ON COVER AND SPINE ARE BRIGHT AND UNWORN.  (PHOTO 1-3) 

INTERIOR HAS AN INSCRIPTION AND 1926 DATE ON FRONT END PAPER (PHOTO 18). INTERIOR HAS AGE RELATED PAPER TONING AND EXPOSED PAGE EDGES HAVE SOME SOILING (PHOTO 19-20). THERE IS A SMALL HALF INCH SPLIT BETWEEN REAR END PAPER AND PASTE DOWN THAT HAS BEEN STABILIZED (PHOTO 23). THE ONLY NOTABLE CONDITION ISSUE WAS FOUND AT THE LAST MOMENT WHEN I SAW A THIN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON A BROOKLYN WOMAN BECOMING A NUN BETWEEN TWO PAGES THAT HAVE BROWNED WHERE THE ARTICLE WAS (PHOTO 16).  UPPER CORNER SHOWS A VERY LIGHT CORNER BUMP FROM ABOUT PAGE 115-140 (PHOTO 17).

PAGES HAVE NO OTHER WRITING, NO STAMPS, NO LABELS, NO TEARS, NO HARD CREASES, NO NOTED INTERIOR SOILING, NO UNDERLINING, NO HIGHLIGHTING, NO MARKS, AND NO FOXING TO PAGES. BOOK BINDING IS TIGHT AND SQUARE.

PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE DESCRIPTION

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