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This two volume set of hard bound books are in excellent condition. There is writing in pencil on top of the free back page. All other pages are clean and neat. The four edges are panted gold. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The books are read leather bound with gold gilt edging along the edges of the front and back boards. The corners are free from any bumping. The spine does show minor wear. The tail and head show no wear.

This five volume hard bound set is in good condition. The pages of all five volumes are stained gold at the top of the pages. The pages are clean and free of marks. The binding is tight on all volumes and all pages are intact. All volumes have gold tooling along the spine. Volume one: The front and back boards are rubbed across the top and some of the leather has been worn away. The boards are also rubbed along the top edges. The head and tail of the spine are rubbed. Volume two: There is minor rubbing along all the edges of the boards and spine. Volume three also has minor rubbing along the edges of the boards and spine, Volume 4 has a one inch scrape at the top right hand side.The edges are rubbed. The spine is rubbed on the bottom. Volume five: The edges of the boards are rubbed. The spine is rubbed on the right side and along the spine.

This hardbound book is good to fair condition. The top and bottom edges near the left side show some minor chips but do not go through to the pages. The original owner's name is written in ink on the top of the front free page. The name of the owner is also stamped along the front edge of the pages. The rest of the pages are free of any marks. Each map is clean and intact. The binding holds all pages intact. The spine of the book is intact. The back board has two white pea size spots. The fabric coating of the boards show bubbling on the front board and spine. There is a chip about 1/2 inch missing piece on the uppper part of the spine. All edges including the corners show some minor fraying.

This hard bound book is in very good condition. the author"s signature appears on the title page. All pages are clean and free of marks. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The boards are clean and neat. The spine is clean and net. there is a crease near the bottom of the spine. The front of the dust jacket is clean. The back of the dust jacket has a six inch tear on the left side and a four inch tear on the right side.