Mansfield Park, Vol. I by Jane Austen
1892. Second edition. 245 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Volume I. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Top textblock edge dyed gilt with minor water marks. Binding remains firm. Notable brown marks to pp.66-67. Occasional minor pencil marginalia. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.