The Beresford Prize L.T. Meade
1895. No Edition Remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Gilded page edges. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some very subtle looseness to binding and some pages to be detached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.