University Life in Ancient Athens: Being the Substance of Four Oxford Lectures by W. W. Capes
1877. No Edition Stated. 134 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have light tanning, with slight foxing to rear pages. Text remains clear. Heavy cracking to hinges, causing front free end paper to be partially detached. Binding is firm. Rough-cut edges. Paper remnants to front endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with visible corner bumping, exposing boards, and scuff marks overall. Moderate loss of cloth to spine, obscuring some lettering. Heavy crushing to spine, with visible splitting, causing fraying and exposing pages beneath. Dewy label to tail. Book has a slight forward lean.