The Blue Flower by Henry Van Dyke
1907. Reprinted. 298 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustrations. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to hinges and gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Previous owner's name label to front pastedown. Small bookshop label to rear pastedown. 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.