A Century of Detective Stories G. K. Chesterton
No Edition Remarks. 1019 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. Binding is quite loose. Pages are lightly tanned with mildly foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to heavily creased front endpaper, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Mild cracking to gutters and heavy cracking to hinge with exposed netting. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Tearing and chipping to half title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Liquid drops to surfaces.