Emma by Jane Austen
Adelphi Edition. 545 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Stamp to front free endpaper. Volume V in this edition of Austen's works. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are lightly cracked and stained but boards remain firmly attached. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable staining, sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Visible splitting to joints. Lettering dulled. Book has a slight forward lean. A few liquid droplet marks.