The Popular Encyclopedia by Charles Annandale
1884. No Edition Remarks. 448 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to front hinge with netting exposed. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends with some tears.All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.