The Defense of Poesy Sir Philip Sidney
1890. No Edition Remarks. 143 pages. No dust jacket. Edited by Albert S. Cook. Green embossed cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a pencil inscription on paste-down. Water drops, rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Water drops through pages 23-30. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine.