English Book-Plates: Ancient and Modern Egerton Castle
1893. New Edition. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Rough-cut pages. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Heavy splitting to joints. Spine has heavier tanning with prominent splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.