The Sign of Four by A. Conan Doyle
Unknown Edition. 285 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Heavy pencil marks to front past down. No title page. Tape repairs to gutters. Heavy cracking throughout, with exposed binding material. Shaky binding. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Fraying, splitting and loss to cloth at spine head, tail and joints. Book has a moderate forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened.