The Book Of The Railway by G. E. Mitton
1909. No Edition Remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative green cloth with gilt lettering. Missing front free endpaper. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Rough-cut pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Noticeable splitting to joints. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.