The Ambassadors of Commerce by A P Allen
1885. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become loose. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Pencil inscription with embossed stamp to front endpaper. Sticker to front pastedown. Illustrations are moderately tanned with some foxing. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Fraying to spine edges. Black marks overall. Book has a slight forward lean.