Border Sketches Historical and Biographical by J R Oliver
1904. No Edition Remarks. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic and illustration plates throughout with similar frontispiece with tissue guard. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages bright with some tanning and foxing, particularly to textblock edges and endpapers. Dedication to front free endpaper by author's son. Minor pencil annotations to front and rear pastedown. Cracking to front hinge with netting exposed. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with some rubbing and marking to surfaces. Spine sunned and tanned. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Boards are slightly bowed.