The Universal Self-Instructor with an Introduction by Annette K. Baxter (1970) hardcover book

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Annette K. Baxter - The Universal Self-Instructor and Manual of General Reference: A facsimile of the 1883 edition with an introduction by Annette K. Baxter

New York. Winter House Ltd. 1970. Facsimile of the 1883 edition. Reprint. 4to. Brown cloth boards. 672pp. Illustrated with black-and-white/color illustrations. Poor condition. Binding is slightly rolled. Significant amounts of discoloration, scratching, and toning to edges/pages/inner boards of textblock. Significant stray pencil markings to pages of the text. Previous bookstore price written in pencil on the upper, right-hand corner of the front endpaper. Dust jacket is in very poor condition with large open tears to edges/spine/and rear cover. Most of the spine/rear cover of dust jacket is missing. Partial detached area of dust jacket included with text. Open tear to front, inner flap of dust jacket. Dust jacket price has been lined through with pen. Areas of discoloration and toning to (near entirety) of jacket.

A very shabby copy of this title that would be best suited as a prop or for display.

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