The Downs and the Sea; Wild Life and Scenery in Surrey, Sussex and Kent by Charles G. Harper, J.C. Kershaw
1923. First Edition. 238 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Damp staining to edges of some pages and pastedowns. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. 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. White stain and speckled marks to spine. Rubbed pale marking overall. Book is slightly forward leaning. Water staining to board edges.