The Outline of History by H. G. Wells
1934. Reprinted. 1223 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations and maps.Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding very loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional moderate marks and staining.