Mechanization of Tropical Crops by W. N. Bates
1957. First Edition. 410 pages. Striped dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Front and rear board are notably mottled. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Retail sticker to paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean and bow. Faint tanning to spine and edges, with notable mottling to front and rear board. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine end. Moderately sunned and foxed, with a liquid drop on front panel. Loss to spine end.