Baconian Essays E. W. Smithson
1922. First Edition. 300 pages. Removable plastic wrapper over grey dust jacket with purple cloth. Pages are rough cut. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning and moderate foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to free endpapers, with a few nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Creasing to rear hinge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Pencil scribbles over title label. Water drops on front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear, with chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. Moderately tanned overall.