A Strange Story; And The Haunted and Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
1864. New Edition Revised. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Brown debossed cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Author's name not stated on title page but is present on spine. Text in two columns. With black and white illustrated frontispiece. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns, endpapers, frontispiece and tissue guard. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters and front hinge; some very slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Embossed bookseller's stamp to front endpaper. All pages slightly warped. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable staining, heavy sunning, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with visible fraying and crushing to ends, with slight loss to head of spine. Lettering remains bright and clear. Mild water staining overall; mild ink stains to rear.