English, Past and Present - Five Lectures by Richard Chenevix Trench
1856. Third revised edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound blue leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Ex libris plate at front. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself strongly scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.