This interesting little book of Health, Happiness and Longevity includes information on how to obtain and embrace strictures on Diets and Habits. It includes a selection of essays from different authors, both ancient and modern, including from Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published by John Menzies in 1885.
The book is bound in red cloth with pretty decoration blind stamped in black to the front board and spine. It's in good condition, but the boards are bowed and the book shows a backwards lean. The corners are worn and bumped, with crushing to the top corners. The cloth shows minor marking and soiling, and the spine is faded and marked. Crushing to the spine ends has caused splitting in the cloth.
Inside, there is a small crack to the front hinge and a bookseller's sticker to the bottom of the front pastedown. Someone has glued a picture opposite the title page and the pages show age toning and sporadic foxing. There is occasional creases to the paper and the odd crack to the gutter - despite this the pages remain tightly bound.
Dimensions approximately 17cm x 11.5cm x 2.5cm.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and string.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is biodegradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).