A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H. W. Fowler
1940. Reprint. 742 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Heavy water staining to text block edges. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to boards.