John Bertram Askew (ed. Albert M. Hyamson), "Pros & Cons: A Newspaper Reader's and Debater's Guide to the Leading Controversies of the Day (Political, Social, Religious, etc.)" (London, George Routledge & Sons Limited, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited / New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., first published 1896; fourth edition, "Rewritten and Enlarged", April 1906). Softcover (thin card covers with courtroom scene in colour to front, advertisement for Fry's Cocoa to back), 228pp plus title, introductory and contents pages, measuring approximately 12.6 x 18.4 x 2.1cm (4.95 x 7.25 x 0.85in). "The object of this little book is to place in the hands of the every-day reader and debater, in as fair and impartial a manner as may be possible, a concise, yet more or less comprehensive, statement of the opposing arguments advanced by the partisans of the several rival schools or theories which are at the present day striving to catch the ear of the public, whether in social, political, or religious spheres." No dustjacket; there is considerable marking, foxing and discoloration to the cover together with age wear including creasing, bumping, slight tearing and slight loss, and there are numerous vertical creases to the paper surface of the spine; the pages are discoloured with some foxing (mainly to the end pages) and other occasional marks, whilst there is some edge and corner wear including some corner creases and slight edge tears; there is some paper loss (not affecting the text) to the top corners of the title and preface pages.
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