Martin Tupper: His Rise and Fall

1949. First Edition. 342 pages. Illustrated jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight gutter cracking with some exposed netting. Binding is firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. One page slightly miscut. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slight water staining to front. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket in poor condition, with large areas of loss, heavy tears, creases, stains and marks.