The Table-talk of Shirley; Reminisceces of and Letters from Froude, Thakery, Disaeli, Browning, Rossetti, Kingsley, Baynes, Huxley, Tyndall and Others John Skelton
1895. Second Edition. 344 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen and pencil markings to half title page. Rough cut pages. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a heavy forward lean.