Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W.H.Davenport Adams

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W.H.Davenport Adams

1889. Fourth Edition. 459 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Minor crinkling to pages. Textblock edges dyed gilt. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a forward lean.