The Smaller House of To-day by Gordon Allen
1926. First Edition. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Page 47 is detached but remains present. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding, causing some pages to be loose. Occasional thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Minor dog-eared corners. Faint pencil marking to front free endpaper. 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. Scuffing and light marking overall. Brown rubbed staining to surfaces, with some water staining to boards. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.