The Wine And Spirit Merchant's Companion, And Complete Instructor To The Wholesale And Retail Trade Joseph Hartley
1843. No Edition Stated. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Edition remarks have been excised from title page. Includes several in-text tables of figures. Pages are heavily tanned and thumbed at the edges. Heavy foxing throughout. Hinges are heavily cracked; front hinge is completely split and board has separated from text block. Some other exposed netting and a loose binding also. Slight liquid stains to pages throughout but text remains clear. Occasional mild annotations. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some splits, chips, and slight loss of cloth to head of spine. Notable ink stains and other liquid marks to boards. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Slight ring marks to front and rear too.