Jack Sheppard. Volume One. William Harrison Ainsworth
'Edition de Luxe'. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound in brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably foxed. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Spine panel is partially hanging off. Gilt lettering is darkened.