Sketches Of English Life And Character by Mary Russell Mitford
1909. No edition remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt. Colour reproductions from the paintings of Stanhope A Forbes. Top edge of text-block with gilt, remaining edges rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Frontispiece missing. One tissue guard detached. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Sunning to spine. Mild crushing to spine ends with small split at joint. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.