Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante Volume III by William Gardiner
1853. No Edition Stated. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume III only. Includes a list of subscribers and sheet music throughout. Mild cracking to gutters exposing netting, on occasion. A couple of pages are slightly loose, however binding throughout remains firm. Rough-cut pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Minor tears and creases to page edges. Thumb-marking present throughout. Small bookseller sticker to bottom edge of rear pastedown. Boards have moderate edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Visible black marks and scratches to all surfaces. Faint water staining to top edge of front board. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.