Emmanuel Burden: Merchant of Thames St, in the City of London, Exporter of Hardware: A Record of his Lineage, Speculations by Hilaire Belloc
1904. First Edition. 312 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Three illustrations are detached but still present. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Rough cut pages. 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. Visible wear marks to boards.