William Ewart Gladstone and his Contemporaries: Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress. Volume 1. 1830 - 1845. Thomas Archer
1883. No Edition Remarks. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound red leather with brown cloth boards and gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Splits to spline head at the front joint. Gilt lettering is darkened.