Pen Sketches by a Vanished Hand Vol.I Mortimer Collins
1879. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Quarter bound white leather with green cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Volume I. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.