Penultima by Sir Alfred Hopkinson
1930. First Edition. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Scuffing and light marking overall. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Some minor white marking to surfaces, with dark marking to rear board. Book is slightly forward leaning.