The Bentley Ballads by John Sheehan
1876. Third Edition. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Brown and red patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Binding remains firm. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Hinges are cracked with netting exposed. 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. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to cloth at spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Splits to spine head, front joint.