How and Why; The Children's Treasure House, Volume 5 by Arthur Mee (ed.)
No edition remarks. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Volume 5. Contains black and white in-text illustrations and photographs. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Faint brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and darkened rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light marking overall. Water staining to all surfaces with slight discolouration to cloth. Faint dark staining to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean.