A Batsford Century; The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling; 1843-1943 Hector Bolitho (Ed.)
1943. First Published. 147 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates throughout. Rough cut textblock edges. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Notable brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Marks overall.