The Merry-Go-Round William Somerset Maugham
1904. First Edition. 398 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut along bottom edge. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Small puncture to front board. Book has a forward lean.