Apes and Ivory by Joy Packer
1954. Fifth Impression. 400 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards with cloth to spine. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate water staining to bottom page corners of front most pages; text unaffected Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has much heavier tanning with noticeable fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.