The Face of China by E.G.Kemp
1909. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations and rear folded map. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate water staining to front pastedown and free endpaper. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Illustration opposite page 80 is detached but still present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear and water marks to boards.