The Chemistry and Phisics of Clays by Alfred B. Searle
1959. Third Edition. 942 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Light dog-earring and tanning to otherwise clear pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has slightly heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.