The Book Of The Animal Kingdom - Mammals by W Percival Westell - 1910

Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1939. Reprint. 176 pages. Blue dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Book II. 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. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Nelson, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1944. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and photographic black and white plates throughout. Moderate foxing, ink marks and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning.

Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 205 pages. Illustrated dustjacket over green cloth. Black & white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Insert to front pastedown. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Panel repairs are present. Jacket has moderate tanning.

J.M. Dent and Sons, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. Reprint. 78 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative green cloth. Contains black and white, colour illustrations and photographic plates. 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.

The Sheldon Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. First Edition. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. 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 tanning.

The Pilgrim Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Second Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth with red lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Noticeable tanning & foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 338 pages. No dust jacket. Red illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Moderate crushing and fraying to spine ends and corners. Minor splits to spine. Moderate tsunning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

J. M. Dent And Sons Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Reprinted. 77 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a colour pictorial frontis and photographic black and white plates and in text images 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.

Trefoil, 1935. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1935. Third Edition. 152 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates, with fold-out plate. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Rubbed dark mark to spine. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Dark rubbing to all surfaces. Scuffed hole to spine.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 176 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Decorated green cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Brown stained marking to all surfaces, with bleached spotting overall.