The Wasps of Aristophanes W. J. M. Starkie
1897. No Edition Remarks. 452 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Several previous owner inscriptions to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail.Book has a slight forward lean.