A Publisher's Playground Unstated
1888. No edition stated. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Gilt patterned boards with cream cloth spine. Gilt titles to front. Rough cut pages. Upper text block edge gilt. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and thumbing. Foxing more noticeable at start and end. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Ex libris plates to front pastedown. Plate traces and slight water staining to front endpaper. A few edge tears and creases, as expected with rough cut paper. Boards have heavy edge wear, with intense bumping and fraying to corners. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Slight loss of patterned material to rear. Spine has some small water drop marks. Gilt is dulled and worn. Book has a moderate forward lean.