The Writing on the Wall General Staff
1906. No edition remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Contains 3 out of 4 fold out colour maps. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Slight nicks to text block. Slight gutter cracking and minor marks to gutters too. Slight pencil numbering to p27 and final page. Embossed bookseller's stamp to rear endpaper. Fold-out maps have slight marks, tanning and creases. Boards a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Moderate sunning to edges, more pronounced to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Small ink mark to front.