Good Genius That Turned Everything Into Gold or The Queen Bee & The Magic Dress: A Christmas Fairy Tale by The Brothers Mayhew
1847. No Edition Remarks. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound, with no adverts. Contains 4 black and white in text illustrations and 4 plates by George Cruilshank. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracking to front hinge, however binding throughout remains firm. Loss to fore edge of pages 13-15. affecting text on page 15. Small area of scuffing to pages 16-17. Illustrations and plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Thumb-marking present throughout. Bottom-right corner of frontispiece is chipped. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Heavy sunning to boards and spine. 1cm split to front joint. Noticeable water staining overall. Book has a slight forward lean. Two noticeable dents to upper edges of both boards. Minor ink spotting all over.