A Short History of the British School of Painting by George H. Shepherd
1891. Second Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Hinges are cracked with netting exposed. Stamp mark to frontispiece reverse side. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.