The World in the Past : What it Was Like and What it Contained by B. Webster Smith
1959. Reprinted. 365 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with a colour illustrated frontis. Also contains photographic black and white plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and major foxing to interior.