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Hardcover. Thick octavo [22.5 cm] Dark brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and, blind stamped borders on the covers, and an embossed cross on the front cover. Deckled fore edges. Fair. The front board is beginning to detach. The backstrip has almost completely come away from the spine, and there is a loss from the head of the backstrip that measures 2 inches wide by 3/4 of an inch deep. There is a smaller loss from the foot of the backstrip. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. The front endsheet is cracked along the hinge. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The bookplate is slightly offset on the front free endsheet. The rear free endsheet is adhered to the rear pastedown along the inside margins. The text block is separated at p. mlviii, and the next ten pages or so, are hanging on by a thread. The pages are mildly browned. Condition noted. Odd volume. With a Catalogue of Works Published for the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press.

Hardcover. Thick octavo [22.5 cm] Dark brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and, blind stamped borders on the covers, and an embossed cross on the front cover. Deckled fore edges. Good only. The covers have mild overall rubbing, and the front board is scratched. The edges of the spine and covers are gently bumped. There are multiple short closed tears in the cloth at the ends of the spine, and there is a large chip in the cloth at the foot of the spine. There are several very tiny stains on the spine. The underlying boards are peeking through at the corners. The endsheets are split along the hinges, and the hinges are weak. Contemporary notations on the verso of the front free endsheet, and on the half title page. The pages are yellowed and have occasional light foxing. Odd volume. With a Catalogue of Works Published for the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press.