The Fables of Mr. John Gay. Complete in Two Parts John Gay
1810. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable brown staining to pages throughout. Tearing to gutters of pages 17-24, pages are loose but just attached. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Visible loss and splits to spine. Notable peeling leather to all.