Canterbury Tales: Vol II by Sophia & Harriet Lee
1832. 518 pages. Brown cloth covered boards with black and white frontispiece. Standard Novels No. XIII. Vol II of 2. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding thread visible at title page. Rear paste-down coming away from board, feels loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Spine labels are worn with partial loss. Sunning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Text block top and bottom edges have some moderate dust marking.