A General Biographical Dictionary, Volume IV by John Gorton
1851. New edition. 487 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself strongly scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.