Hades: Or The Intermediate State Of Man by Henry Constable
1873. No Edition Remarks. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Splits to spine head and both joints, with fraying cloth.