The Story of a Printing House: Being a Short Account of the Strahans and Spottiswoodes by Richard Arthur Austen Leigh
1912. Second Edition. 62 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with cream cloth to spine. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Includes publisher luncheon booklet attached to rear pastedown, in good condition. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Previous owner's inscription to reverse side of half-title page. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding. Pen and pencil underlining and annotations throughout. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Faint water staining to boards. Staples to rear board, and minor black scuffed marks.