The Descent of Man Part I and the Concluding Chapter of Part III by Charles Darwin
1930. 1st Edition Thus. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with black lettering to spine and decoration to front board. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Small stains to text-block edges. Pencil mark to front free endpaper. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners, dust marks and rubbing to surface. Heavy stains to boards and spine. Creasing to front board bottom corner. Heavy sunning to spine with notable crushing to spine ends. Book has slight forward lean.