The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
No Edition Remarks. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Front free endpaper appears to have been removed. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with dark rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Book is notably forward leaning.