Beauties of Poetry and Art by Various
No Edition Remarks. 68 pages. Half bound red leather with marbled patterned paper covered boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates. Book has been rebound. Marbled endpapers, pastedowns, and text block edges. Noticeable area of loss to bottom edge of page 33 with text missing. Pages are noticeable tanned with visible foxing throughout. Cracks to guttering, exposing netting. Binding remains firm. Plates and illustrations are lightly tanned and foxed. Minor water staining to top text block edge. Text is unaffected. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate peeling and splits to spine and corners. Noticeable loss to centre of spine, exposing binding underneath. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.