George Moore

1916. No edition stated. 149 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with embossed lettering to spine and front board. Ex-libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are visibly tanned with notable foxing throughout with occasional dust marks. Heavy marking and staining to pastedowns and endpapers with pen inscription, pencil marks and small sticker. Tears from front free endpaper to page 9. Text is still readable. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping and fraying to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Deep dent to front cover causing tears to few first pages. Few smaller dents, heavy scratching and scuffs to both boards. Distinctive tanning to spine with heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has slight backward lean.