The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin
1922. Reprinted. 1031 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. 4 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Minor pencil inscription to front pastedown. Some pages with creased corners at front. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Book has slight forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.