Tales of Human Endeavour: An Anthology

228pp. Red cloth-covered boards; black design on front, black titles on front and spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine and boards. Bumped extremities; cloth wearing through. Water stain to top front corner. Dusty top text block edge; remaining edges tanned, affecting some page margins. Signature bound. Endpapers tanning, lightly soiled; missing front free endpaper. Previous owner’s name pencilled on half-title page; bookseller’s rubber stamp on rear pastedown. Stretched front hinge. Some ink spots and folded corners throughout text block margins. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

“Plain tales — though sometimes exciting ones — of men and women who have laboured to achieve something worth while.”