The Book of Tao and Teh: Being the Tao Teh King of Lao Tse Done in English by Dorothy Manners and Margaret Ault
1948. No Edition Remarks. 83 pages. No dust jacket. Black paper covered boards with lettering to front. Noticeable water staining to pastedowns, endpapers, and gutters of most pages. Text is unaffected. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned with occasional speckles of foxing. Slightly more pronounced to endpapers. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Occasional dog-eared corners. Minor creasing with occasional tearing to edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Notable tears to front joint, causing paper covering board to be loose to top. Minor loss to edges and corners. More pronounced to spine ends. Visible rubbing and marking overall. Lettering to front is darkened.