Lucretia or The Children of Night Edward Bulwer Lytton
1853. Edition de Luxe. 450 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. George Rourke Bryant ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Copy No.66 of 500 copies. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to back pastedown. Rough cut pages. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.