Francis of Assisi by Anna M. Stoddart
1905. New and Cheaper Issue. 247 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial plates. Rough-cut pages. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters 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. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.