The Island Queen by R. M. Ballantyne
No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Pink pictorial boards with black lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Water staining to front pages and paste-down. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with liquid drops and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Liquid drops on rear board. Small split to front board edge.