Collectible - Acceptable

Philadelphia: The German Reformed Church Publication Board, 1965-1975. 144 issues spanning volumes 7-18. Folio hardcover. 575pp. B/W illustrations throughout. Fair. Spine and corner leather surface largely scuffed away. Spine title label chipped. Boards heavily edgeworn and scratched. Corners and several inches of spine leather erose. Rear joint splitting and front board detached. Toning to edges. Dampstaining and spotting throughout, to varying degrees of intensity. A math puzzle has been worked out on at least one page, and a few other pages have small pencil scribbles to the margins. Front free endpaper and pages 25-28 and 33-46 of volume 7 detached. Page 87/89 of volume 16 number 22 lacking, and page 89/90 has been torn in half. Many pages have chips and tears, particularly to the edges, many of which have been patched, and some affecting the text. Collation is as follows: Volume VII, No.7 and No.9-12; Volume VIII, No.1-3, 2 (issue 4 misnumbered), 5-10, and 12; Volume IX, No.1, 11 (issue 2 misnumbered), 4 and 5, 6 (two copies), 8-11, and 12 (two copies); Volume X, No.2-12; Volume XI/XII, No.1-3, 5-10, and 12 (beginning in September of this year volume 11 is numbered 12, and the numbering of successive volumes agree with this renumbering); Volume XIII, No.1, 8, and 11; Volume XIV, No.5, 8, 10, 12; Volume XV, No.1-18 and 20-24 (beginning with this volume the publication is issued twice monthly); Volume XVI, No.1-9 and 11-24; Volume XVII, No.1-24; Volume XVIII, No.1-9, 11-14, 17, 19, 22 (two copies), and 24. Inquire if you need further information.