Emma Jane Austen
No Edition Remarks. 444 pages. Half leather bound to red boards, with gilt lettering. Rebound. Marbled page edges. Was a Special Prize for the Annual Essay Prize Distribution held at the Crystal Palace in 1912. Red marbled endpapers. Prize plate glued to front endpaper. Firm binding. Distinct tanning to pages throughout. Light red soiling to front endpapers. Moderate wear, rubbing and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Visible peeling mainly to leather on front board. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards, with larger faded stain along bottom edge on rear board. Cloth has darkened along leather edges.