Latitudes by Edwin Muir
No Edition Remarks. 322 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Rough-cut pages. Signed by the author with dedication 'to my dear friend Janko Lavrin' on front free endpaper. Date of inscription covered by library label. Lavrin later gave this book to the University of Nottingham. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Slight stains to pastedowns. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate sunning and scuffing overall. Pronounced water staining to boards with heavy loss of colour to outer edges. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Spine label slightly rubbed and marked. Dewey codes to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.