The Substance of Some Letters Written from Paris During the Last Reign of the Emporwer Napoleon and Addressed Principally to the Right Hon. Lord Byron By J. Hobhouse : With an Appendix of Official Documents : SECOND EDITION : VOLUME II

491 pages including appendix. Blue paper covered boards, grey spine & hinges of the period, white title-plate with black letters to spine which is a little flaky. Outer front spine is cracked & rubbed showing paper below, rear spine is craked right through & rear board is HOLDING BY ONE THREAD-NEEDS REPAIR.Foxing to outer boards, Spine-ends worn off, spine surface partly missing/flaked off showing binding below. Very heavy wear to corners with outer surfaces rubbed/shipped off. Rubbing/small bumps to edges, light crease to top front, opening edges slope slightly inwards. Mouse chew to top rear board edges 3cm. Old initials to inner front board, foxed end-papers & page-edges which are rough-cut as of the period. Heavy foxing to rear end-paper. Light /slight foxing to half title-page and a few pages of text which are generally very clean with the exception of the occasional small brown mark. Binding feels quite strong. 2cm stain to front board. SHABBY APPEARANCE, but decent text for reading/working copy or repair.…