Selection from A.C.Swinburne Edmund Gosse
1919. Limited Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with gilt lettering. No.7 fro 525 numbered copies. Hinges and gutters are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Rough cut pages with top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Heavy splits and scuffing to boards and spine. Visible wear and water marks to boards.