Grahamstown in Early Photographs, by Frank van der Riet. Published by David Philip Publisher, 1974.

Grahamstown in Early Photographs, by Frank van der Riet. Published by David Philip Publisher, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket, 112pp. ISBN 0949968277.

Condition: Good / DJ Good.

Upper and lower edges the boards, crown and heel of spine heavily rubbed, but not scuffed or chipped. Lower corners bumbed, rubbed. Heavy, blotchy patches of fading, age-toning and darkening of both front and rear panels. Title and author name still bright in gold lettering. Damp-stain to lower edges of front and back panel, with some white from inside of cover rubbed off on the cloth. Faint damp-stain to upper corner of front panel with a small isolated brown stain to top edge.

Maps on endpapers age-toned, foxed. Name or price scratched out in black marker. Light damp-induced wrinkle noticeable in the lower margins throughout, but no sign of a stain and no moldy smell. Very light, uniform age-toning of text block, but clean: no foxing, no notes, no underlining or highlighting, no marginalia. Binding tight, text complete: No loose or missing pages, no tears.

Dust Jacket shelf-worn around the edges and slightly soiled. May be age-toned, and perhaps faded around edges, although difficult to tell due to use of an old photograph on cover. A faint circular stain on back cover and a couple of small brown stains. No large tears or heavy staining; small closed tears around the edges only, with some scuffing and chipping at the extremities of the spine and the hinges of front and back flaps. Inside age-toned and foxed, with water stain to lower edge at spine, a faint circular stain and two small brown stains.