Recollections of the Old Foreign Office by Edward Hertslet
1901. No Edition Remarks. 275 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Frontispiece is detached but still present. Blank ink marks to bottom edges textblock. 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. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear and black ink marks to boards.