A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele, 1897 First Edition Antique Boo

Dark forest green textured cloth hardbound boards with debossed border around the front and rear covers with the title and author debossed to the front cover. The title, author, and edition are also stamped on the spine but a blemish has made them difficult to read. The back strip has a small tear at the top rear and light wear top and bottom. The boards have a blemish to the front edge that is both a small dent and wear to the cloth. Corners are all sharp with light wear to the tips – mostly the bottom two. Spine has a very slight slant but is firm with no cracking to the endpapers. Text block is solid with all pages attached. Age tanning throughout. There is a small ½” tear to the second page of the table of contents otherwise all interior pages are clean with no tears, cracks, or previous owner marks. 179 pages plus 8 pages of advertisements Dimension of book: H – 7-1/2” W – 5”