The Remarkable Career of a Well-known Athlete: Being the Autobiography of Edward Fideli Kennard by Edward Fideli Kennard
No Edition Remarks. 322 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; photo portrait pasted to front board. Small plate to front pastedown, with unsigned inscription, reading 'With compliments from the author'. Rebound with original boards and reusing most of spine cloth. Missing one plate. Pages moderately tanned and foxed, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Some liquid staining throughout, with 6 pages being almost entirely covered. This does not impact on the legibility of the text. Small loss to corner of rear free end paper. Minor loss to rear paste down. Boards have moderate edge-wear with some notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains, more pronounced to edges and rear.. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.