City Ballads by Will Carleton
1885. No Edition Remarks. 180 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Book has a slight smoky odour overall. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Notable creasing to gutter. Dedication page and preface are very loose but just attached. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Splits and fraying to cloth at spine ends and corners. Water staining to boards. Marks overall. Textblock is shaky.