1/2" chips to cloth at tail of spine and at corner of rear board. 1" split to cloth at head of rear joint, and another 1/2" split lower down on the rear joint. Uneven fading to boards. Some bruising to upper corner of front board. Pencil marginalia and underlining.; xx, [2], 439, [1], xxii, [2] pages. Green-brown cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 240 x 180mm. Selected contents: Genesis of the Carcinoma; The Example of France; Pathologic Consequences; The Progress of Decay - Depopulation in Graphic Form; The Parallel of Ancient Rome. Includes graphs showing declining birth rates in European countries. "The human element is the main factor or power, and no increase of wealth can compensate a nation for the loss of virile citizens, on whom the ultimate safety of the country must depend." - page 227. ; 4to