The Scented Garden by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
1948. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 318 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates and fold-out plan. Very noticeable annotation to rear free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned with heavy foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Text block corner is slightly warped. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning and foxing to edges. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed binding. Binding remains firm. Plan is bright and clear with light foxing. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. paper stuck to front and rear boards. Clipped jacket has heavy surface wear, with large areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing to spine ends, edges and joints. Lightly tanned and foxed.