First Year of Scientific Knowledge by Paul Bert
1888. No Edition Stated. 344 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering. Front endpaper missing. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front paste down and title page, with inscription to rear endpaper. Minor loss to top of last two pages. Some gutter cracking. Both hinges cracked, thus the boards are slack. Some pages loose but not detached. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a backward lean.