The Message Of The Birds; Temperance Rays from Aesop's Lamp by Mrs W G Mathews, Oliver Pacis
1900. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Decorated red cloth covered boards. 2 titles, separately paginated. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Crayon to front paste-down. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Rear board almost detached. Heavily cracked gutters throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains.