Beside the Brook: Country Life Readers by Cooke, Arthur O

London, England: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton. c1915. Hardcover. Good, first gathering slightly loose at bottom, minor edge wear; Lovely drawings in color and b&w, color plates are full page. Owner name verso ffep. Hinge cracked at ffep; Decor. boards; 12mo; No DJ .

Hodder & Stoughton, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Oxford University Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth with colour illustrated frontis and plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters and hinges with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Stains and markings to some pages. Previous owner's inscriptions to rear of frontispiece. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Slight staining overall.

Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial card covered boards. Colour illustrated frontispiece with plate to centre of book. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Slight stains and markings to some pages. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to ends. Red marks to rear board.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. nice paste down on front in color interesting book

Henry Frowde, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations and plates. Moderate cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Pages, illustrations and plates are moderately tanned with minor foxing. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight scuffing and peeling to spine ends.

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1935. Hardcover. Good. . Fading to spine. General shelf/age wear. Occasional minor foxing, overall pages clean, binding sturdy.

Henry Frowde, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and plates. There is black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout. Heavy tanning to text block edges and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and splitting to joints.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Decorated blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Contains black and white photographic plates, with colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Heavy cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Plate and minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with small splits. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light creasing to spine strip.