Excuse It Please by Oliver Herford
1929. First Edition. 171 pages. Illustrative jacket over orange paper covered boards with purple cloth to spine. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed binding threads. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Black marks to edges. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Marks overall.