J.A. Hammerton WONDERS OF THE PAST Volume 2 Wise & Co. 1952 by Hammerton, J. A. Sir - 1952

The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 766 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Special Edition. 768 pages. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Educational Book Co, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 766 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Volume XI. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Leather peeling to all surfaces, with noticeable scuffing and scratches overall.

The Educational Book Co. LTD, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Special Edition. 767 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with a photographic black and white frontis. Moderate tanning to pages with vosible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and mild bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning.

Allied Newspapers, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 1024 pages. No dust jacket. Red and black cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Amalgamated Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Blue and silver cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable 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. Visible marks and scratches overall. Textblock is shaky.

Wise & Co., 1937. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Wise & Co., 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Educational Book Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 766 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Volumes I and II bound together keeping title pages. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Frontispiece is bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine with crushing to ends causing fraying to cloth. Gilt lettering is darkened.

The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Very Good. No Edition Remarks. 767 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.