First Year German by William C. Collar
1905. First Edition. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. German and English text. Green highlighter pen marks to front pastedown and free endpaper. Light thumb marking, foxing and heavy tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pen throughout; text remains unaffected. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.