Full Morocco dark blue boards with gilt tooling on edge of boards and five raised bands with gilt tooling and gilt design on spine. Edges and inside pastedowns and end papers marbled in blue - very bright. Frontispiece - attached photograph of drawing of Sir Walter Scott with tissue guard intact. Book complete with several such stuck-in photographs of places - all with tissue guards intact. Minor marks and foxing throughout. Binding - very tight. Good clean tight and readable.
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co |
Date published: 1895 |
Condition: Boards and spine showing minor shelf wear and slight wear to corners. School prize plate on front pastedown (1913). Slight foxing on front and back white end papers.Slight foxing on title page. |