Ruth : The Little Hop-Picker by Alice J. Briggs
1904. Second Edition. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding remains firm. Front free endpaper is missing. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.