The Coldstream Guards in the Crimea by Lt Col Ross of Bladensburg
1897. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. No Edition remarks within. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. A few pages are uncut, thus unread. Inscription to front endpaper. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been moderately rub worn, with noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed and spine ends are crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.