Canterbury In The Olden Time by John Brent
1879. Second Edition, Enla. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative plates throughout. Ex-Libris sticker to front pastedown. Binding shaky. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Hinges are cracked with netting exposed. Middle pages may come loose. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Occasional foxing. 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 causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened. Splits to spine end joints. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Fraying to cloth at spine tail.