Black Beauty the Autobiography of a Horse Anna Sewell
34th Edition. 238 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Heavy thumb-marking present. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.