The Way of the Cross J. Gregory Mantle
1897. No Edition Remarks. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Heavy tanning and sunning to spine. Front free endpaper is missing. Pages are rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned with light foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Ink inscription on front paste-down. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Fraying to upper spine end. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Liquid drops on rear board.