The Family Monitor, Or a Help to Domestic Happiness J.A.James
1861. Eleventh Edition. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Minor water staining to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.