William Pitt Earl of Chatham - Volume I by Albert von Ruville
1907. No Edition Remarks. 391 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and plates. Volume I. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Moderate cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is very loose. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing. Rough cut pages. Heavier tanning and foxing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends. Visible splits to spine and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.