How "No. 1" Became "1 Half" In Norway by J. Maitland Stuart
No Edition Remarks. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Pages are rough cut. Book has a fairly strong odour. Pages are bright and mostly clear with moderate tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Additional foxing to pages 136-137. Former owner's inscription to front paste-down, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Slight creasing to pages 171-176. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. pencil inscription to front free endpaper and half title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a mild forward lean. Water drops on rear board, with a black marking to lower spine end.