Countries of the World First Volume, Abyssinia to Bengal

Educational Book Co. Ltd., London, U.K., No Date. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/--. 9 3/4 H x 7 W x 1 3/4 . NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book FINE/ Covers Fine. Sewn binding. Coated Paper. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering gilt. FRONT COVER is flat, clean, bright, no rips, no spine creases, a very slightly bent corner and a corner tip with wear, miniscule edge wear, no scratches, front cover has EBC embossed in centre (Educational Book Company) surrounded by an embossed circle of black and navy blue and on each side of front are Art Deco rectangles in black/navy. SPINE has very minimal edge wear and a lovely accent of navy Art Deco bordered with gilt, spine text is clear and shiny, very minimal wear to sides of spine. BACK COVER is the same as the front only with a true bent corner on 1/4 inch of top outer corner tip. Page edges slightly sunned, side edges quite clean, top edges navy. Inner end papers are white. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. Fully illustrated with black/white photos, colour illustrations, maps, and sections of brown/white photos and navy/white photos. All pages tight in the book and none missing. Book is slightly over-opened at page 150 with two thin areas of paper worn away at spine, page 306, 506, 570 the same. Small bit of age darkening inside covers and on edges of some pages. Overall a very interesting book in great shape. Countries Described By The Leading Travel Writers Of The Day. Illustrated with some 4000 actual photographs of which about 1200 are given in Full Colour and in Photogravure. A fascinating glimpse into the world many years ago. Contents include five Introductory Articles including 70 Portraits and Bios of Representative Contributors, Series of Key Maps and a short story The Romance Of Travel By Joseph Conrad, Descriptive Chapters, List of Colour Plates, List of Pages in Photogravure, List of Photographs in the Text, List of Maps.