In the Shadow of the Purple: a Royal Romance by George Gilbert
1902. No Edition Remarks. 398 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. Much heavier to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.