The Empire of Silence by Charles Courtenay
1916. 419 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Thumb-markings throughout. Cracking to front hinge. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray.Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and heavily tanned. Small split to front spine joint. Some dents around edges.