The Chemical Elements, And Their Compounds J. A. V. Butler
1930. Second Edition. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout, with a fold-out appendix. Pages are mostly clear, with light tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with folding to pages 81-84. Pencil inscription on front paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Rear paste-down corner is slightly cracked. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping and fraying to corners, and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning, foxing and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean.