Lost Leaders by Andrew Lang
1889. Second Edition. 226 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Pages are rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned with foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Sticker mark on front free endpaper corner. Water drop to page 9. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Liquid drops down spine.