A First Book in English Literature by Henry S. Pancoast, Percy Van Dyke Shelly
1912. No Edition Remarks. 497 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates, with black and white in-text illustrations. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding and some pages slightly loose. Previous owner's inscription to rear pastedown and endpaper. Black pen marking to front pastedown and endpaper. Light water staining to some pages. Light pencil marking to a few pages. Binding is shaky. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping to corners and rub wear all over. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is forward leaning. Moderate water staining to boards. Scuffing and light marking overall. Minor black marking to boards.