The Collected Poems of William Watson by William Watson
1898. No Edition Remarks. 305 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Pencil and pen markings to half title page. Rough cut pages with top textblock edge dyed gilt. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. 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. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.