Bay of the North by Ronald Syme
1951. First Printed. 125 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth; dust jacket a photocopy of boards, made by former owner. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor staining, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft rubbing and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor scuffing overall; looks sunned but this just mimics boards.