Uncrowned : A Story of Queen Elizabeth and the Early Life of Francis Bacon, As Told in His Secret Writings by C.Y.C. Dawbarn
1913. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by J.Y. Dawbarn. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.