Principal Shairp, And His Friends by William Knight
1888. No Edition Remarks. 457 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Pages are rough cut. Pages are bright, with moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges. Mild cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains mostly firm. Former owner's inscription to half title page with a pencil inscription to first free endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Red rub-marking and a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing and fraying to spine ends. Water drops to front board and spine.