Around the World

Very good plus, first edition book in very good dust jacket. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Bright yellow cloth covered boards with blue, green, and black pictorial illustration on the upper third of front panel, with black lettering and blue lettering outlined in black. Black lettering with green and black illustration on spine. Board panels have a few light scuffs. Crimping along edges at head and tail of board spine and small bump on upper right corner of back panel next to head of spine. Small amount of foxing starting on external page edges which are also age-toned. Shadow transfers on endpapers. Text pages are age-toned. Text pages are clean except for several stains on pp. 300-308, the worst of which is on pp. 302-303 - see photo. Foxing on several of the first pages. Text block is snug. Tan paper dust jacket with black illustrations and lettering, in the same designs as those on the front board panel and spine. Jacket is sunned and a bit soiled in general. The back jacket panel, which is blank, has faint indications of erased lettering. Loss on both corners at head of jacket spine and with adjacent 3/4" closed diagonal tear along the front spine fold and into front panel. Upper edges of front and back panels have several closed vertical tears of 5/8" or less, including upper fore-edge corners with closed tears along the fore-edge folds. The lower edges of front and back panel each has a closed vertical tear of 3/8". Corners at tail of jacket spine are rubbed, back corner has a 1/2" closed vertical tear along the fold, front corner has a minimal loss of less than 1/8". The front flap has an irregular clip/tear of 2" by 7/8" along the upper edge; lower edge is creased. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.…