The Faerie Queene Book I by Edmund Spenser
1921. Reprinted. 342 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Mild splitting and fraying to joints. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Book 1. Minor staining, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm; heavier cracking to rear hinge exposing netting. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.