H c bradsby edited (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback bound in brown 3/4 leather with bevelled edges and marbled red endpapers. First printing of the original 1885 edition. A bit of spine fading but all the lettering is very legible. Wear to leather around the books edges which has lightened the brown leather, as is common, but has not worn through to the paper underneath which is good.Very small patch of surface leather skin peeling off the back cover. Still a very tight sound square copy in a solid Good condition past the flaws just noticed with the interior pages tight clean and unmarked. All 26 of the Steel engraving portraits are present in the book with some having a light waterstain to the top edge area which does not come close to intruding into the portrait itself.Still a very presentable tight sound copy of a scarce book in the original format.…