Story Lives of Men of Science: Story-lives of great scientists by F. J. Rowbotham
No Edition Remarks. 266 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with decoration and gilt. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking heavy to board gutters with exposed binding thread. Prize plate to front paste-down. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Split to cloth at spine joints. Top edge of text block has some some staining.