The Kloof Bride or The Lover's Quest by Ernest Glanville
1898. No Edition Stated. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Green illustrated cloth. With illustrated frontispiece with tissue protector. A heavily damaged book with large tear and split to spine. Pages are moderately marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Heavy creasing to front endpaper. Frontispiece's tissue guard is foxed and creased. Boards have heavy edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are crushed and frayed with a large tear exposing binding. Joints worn and splitting too. Rubbed and marked overall with small ring mark to front. Book has a moderate forward lean.