Perfect Jewels: A Collection of the Choicest Things in the Literature of Life, Love and Religion.

Balch, William R. A COLLECTION OF THE CHOICEST THINGS IN THE LITERATURE OF LIFE, LOVE AND RELIGION Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1884 Fair/NA 544 pp. 8vo. No dust jacket. Pictorial publishers cloth shows dulled and faded gilt titling and detailing on front and spine. Cover shows wear, rubbing, minor soiling, and spots of scratching. Extremities show bumping and rubbing, publishers cloth has worn through around corners and head/tail of spine exposing now-frayed board. Spots of raised/creased cloth on spine. Textblock shows age toning, edges have been dyed red and show wear, scratching, and staining. Name of P/O on front pasted down endpaper, inscriptions from P/O's on front flyleaf. Staining to some pages throughout that covers text in some places, but not to the point of illegibility. Binding has loosened, textblock has come away from spine, wrinkling to some pages. This book remains in Fair condition, but all text remains legible and it would make a great reading copy or addition to any collection. Old, stained advertisement laid within.…