The Lyrics of Ireland by Samuel Lover
1858. No Edition Remarks. 360 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Frontispiece, title page, first page textblock and a contents page is detached but still present. Hinges and gutters are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.