The Earth by Hawks, Ellison - 1914

T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Book has slight forward lean.

T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and bordering. Black and white photographic plates. Rough-cut pages. Minor thumb marking, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.