Walter Scott, His Life and Personality by Hesketh Pearson
1954. First Edition. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Signed by the author with dedication to Madge and Colin on front free endpaper. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers, pastedowns, half title page and last page textblock. Top textblock edge dyed green. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.