The Life Story Of A Black Bear - by H. Perry Robinson - 1929

A. & C. Black Ltd, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. Reprinted. 204 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping, fraying and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. Reprinted. 204 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. 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.

London: A & C Black, 1923. Cloth. Good. Bound in pale brown cloth with black titling and black and brown decoration. An attractive cover with pictorial spine and front cover, depicting a bear and woodland animals. In good+ condition. Minor rubbing and marking to covers, page edges are dusty. Inscription and a couple of stamps on front end papers, rear free end paper is missing. Pen markings on title page, a few minor markings elsewhere internally, generally clean. Hinges are weak, binding is shaky but secure. 204 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall