The European Nobility in the Eighteenth Century: Studies of the Nobilities of the Major European States in the Pre-reform Era by A. Goodwin (Ed.)
1953. First Edition. 201 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Binding is firm. Inscriptions to front free endpaper, with some annotations to margins of a few pages. Deckled bottom edge to textblock. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine is moderately tanned, with noticeable crushing and slight splitting to ends. Noticeable reading crease to spine. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall. Gilt remains bright.