A Last Scrap Book by George Saintsbury
1924. Limited Edition. 344 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Cream paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. This is one of two hundred and fifty large paper copies, printed in October 1924. Flat signed by author to limited edition page. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Some scuffing to edges. Notable brown marks to boards. Textblock is shaky.