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12mo. 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". 248pp. Second Edition. Very good book in very good minus dust jacket. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering and graphics on spine. Scuffs along outermost edges at head and tail of board spine but not quite fraying. Tiny rub-throughs on fore-edge corner tips. Board panels and spine folds are lightly scuffed in general. External page edges are age-darkened and a bit soiled. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Shadow transfers on end-papers. Text pages are age-toned. Internally clean with no marks or tears. Text block is sound.Dust jacket is soiled overall, heavier on the folds and back panel is very smudged. Jacket spine and fore-edge folds are sunned. Losses across width and corners at head and tail of jacket spine, as well as adjacent edges. Lower right corner of front panel has a 2" closed vertical tear along the fore-edge fold and with adjacent loss on the lower fore-edge corner; upper left corner of front panel has a 1 1/4" slightly diagonal… Read More
