Rulers of India: Ranjit Singh. by Sir Lepel. Griffin
1892. First Edition. 223 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Folded map to frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and pages to come loose. Pages are clean overall, with mild tanning throughout. Light tanning throughout with occasional thumb-marking. Chipping to corner of page 45. Occasional pencil annotations and marginalia. Deckled text block edges. Pencil notes to rear endpaper and pastedown. Map has a large tare to top half. Minor staining to some pages, text is unaffected. Boards have moderate edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Fraying with small splits to spine edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Noticeable markings with faint water staining overall. Book is slightly bowed with a pronounced forward lean.