One Thousand Famous Things by Arthur Mee
1950. Fourth Impression. 336 pages. Yellow dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft bumping to corners. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Heavy sunning to spine and edges. Marks to front and rear boards. Bleaching to spine and front board. Textblock is shaky. Boards are visibly bowed. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine.