Natural History Essays Charles Waterton
1871. 631 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Edited by Norman Moore. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Bleach spotting to boards and spine. Loss to spine cloth. Heavy surface tears all over. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.