GOOD CONDITION ONLY, WHICH IS NOT GREAT FOR A BOOK FROM 1987. 

91 pages

HARDCOVER WITH NO DUST JACKET. THERE ARE NO ODORS BUT THIS BOOK APPEARS TO HAVE ONCE BEEN IN A ROOM THAT MAYBE HAD A FIREPLACE THAT FAILED AND BLEW IN SMOKE.  

-THE TOP EDGES OF THE BOARDS AND PAGES SHOW HEAVY DARKENING FOR A BOOK OF THIS AGE (PHOTO 14). END PAPERS ARE DISCOLORED (PHOTO 13) AND THE TOP EDGE OF THE FIRST SEVERAL LEAVES SHOW DISCOLORATION (PHOTO 3,4,5) WITH THE TOP EDGE OF THE PAGES SHOWING SLIGHTLY MORE PAPER TONING THAN THE REST OF THE BOOK. REAR END PAPERS ALSO SHOW DISCOLORATION BUT SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SO THAN THE FRONT (PHOTO 15)


- THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY DIFFICULT BOOK TO COME BY AND A BIBLE OF SORTS FOR COLLECTORS OF AMERICAN POT LIDS. As far as the authors go, it looks as though their lid collection was sold in 1993. 

- THE BOOK WAS SIGNED WITH THE NAMES OF BOTH AUTHORS BUT ONE PERSON WROTE BOTH SO I AM GUESSING BARBARA SIGNED FOR BOTH OF THEM (PHOTO 3)

- THERE IS AN ENVELOPE WITH TWO BUSINESS CARDS AND A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR ABOUT PRICING (PHOTO 2)

- LIGHT DISCOLORATION TO THE BOARDS WITH REAR BOARD SHOWING THAT IT STOOD NEXT TO A SMALLER BOOK FOR DECADES AS THERE IS A SHADOW ON THE BOARD (PHOTO 16)

-FRONT END PAPERS/PASTE DOWN HAS SIGNIFICANT DISCOLORATION, WITH THE SHAPE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ENVELOPE VISIBLE IN THE DISCOLORATION (PHOTO 13)

- THERE IS A PRICE LIST SLIPPED IN AS OF THE LATE 1980'S WHICH IS NOT SO USEFUL FOR THE PRICES AS MUCH AS IT IS USEFUL TO REFLECT OVERALL RARITY OF THE LIDS SHOWN IN THE BOOK BASED ON COMPARATIVE PRICING. (PHOTO 6)

-TITLE PAGE IS SIGNED AND HAS SPOTTING ON TOP EDGE. THERE IS VISIBLE DARKENING TO THE TOP OF THE PAGES THROUGH THE CONTENTS PAGE. AFTER THAT, THERE IS TYPICAL AGE RELATED PAPER TONING BUT WITH DARKER TONING ON TOP EDGES AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING ON TOP EDGES.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THIS BOOK HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO. THERE ARE NO ODORS AND THE BOOK IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL... and very hard to come by.


PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.




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