Marble and Marble Working - A handbook for architects, sculptors, marble quarry owners and workers, and all engaged in the building and decorative industries.The book is cloth bound, there is no dj. The cloth covers are stained and rubbed with the red colour missing on the edges due to rubbing. There are two stickers to the front paste down paper and this page and the front free end paper are sun damaged. Between pages 64-65, 96-97 the guttering is cracking although the binding remains firm. All colour plates have been checked and are present, plate IV is detaching approx. 60mm from the top. There is some sunning to the edges of the pages and some foxing throughout. There is the occasional dirty finger mark. \'Descriptive of the various types of marble and the processes the material went through from quarry to completed work;............ a list of the principal marbles in ordinary use in the country, with a descriptive note of each variety, and, where possible, an accessible instance of its employment. -taken from preface. With numerous illustrations and coloured plates.