From Ploughshare to Pulpit: A Tale of the Battle of Life

From Ploughshare to Pulpit: A Tale of the Battle of Life by Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. London: Undated but circa 1900. Octavo/8vo, measures around 5 7/8" by 8 1/4" by 1 3/4". Pagination: viii, 310pp with 18-page publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth binding, with blindstamped pictorial front board and gilt pictorial detail and lettering to spine. Signs of wear, scuffing, some rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little marking but quite clean and colouring still quite vivid. Some slackness to binding, a bit of strain to textblock, cracking to front inner hinge, with front free endpaper missing and half-title page and frontispiece loose. All page edges gilt, with some scuffing, a little dulling but still reasonably vivid. Some toning and a little foxing throughout. A little pencil marking and writing to the odd page. See pictures for further information. viii, 310+ pp. Circa 1900.