The Vision of the Eucharist and Other Poems by Alfred Gurney
1882. No Edition Remarks. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Rough-cut pages with uneven text block edges, some of which are trimmed to bottom edge, aprox. 0.5cm. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscriptions to front endpaper and half title page. Some minor pencil annotations and text corrections throughout. Small brown marks to a few pages. Text is not affected. Thumb-marking throughout. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint water marks to rear board with small drops to front. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.