The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham Treasurer anmd Chancellor of Edward III by Ernest C.Thomas (Trans.)
1888. No Edition Remarks. 259 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Handwritten letter from translator & newspaper clippings inserted to front free endpaper. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards to be loose. Frontispiece detached but still present. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.Spine detached from front board.