The Great Mantle: The Life of Giuseppe Melchiore Sarto by Katherine Burton
1951. First Edition. 219 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Minor scuffed loss to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbing and marking to surfaces, with light water staining.