The Fifth Reader by S. R. Gardiner
1904. New Impression. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Front free endpaper is removed. Embossing to title page. Black marks to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends. Black marks to boards. Binding is slightly shaky, but pages remain intact.