Search Results: the wonders of coal by gibson charles r

Seeley, Service & Co., 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrative beige cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Textblock is shaky.

Seeley, Service & Co, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. Blue and brown illustrated dust jacket over similar cloth illustrative boards with blue lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrative and photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling and crinkling to gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges. Pink sticker to spine.

London: Seeley, Service & co, 1930. First edition (hardback). 12mo (20cm by 13cm), 159pp, 8pp adverts. Frontispiece, plates. Original decorated green cloth, dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, foxing to the edges of the text block, else the book is in bright, very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (a little rubbed, slight chafing of the edges).