Oxford Renowned by L. Rice-Oxley
1925. First Edition. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and plates by A.B. Knapp-Fisher. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and plates with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.