MALBONE: AN OLDPORT ROMANCE

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co.. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover, no jacket. iv+244pp. Ex-library. Good condition. Stamped brown cloth boards are heavily worn, with sunfading to spine. Binding is cocked; it is holding but there is a signature that is a bit loose. Library sticker to front pastedown and stamp/markings to title page. 1.5" closed tear to one of the endpapers. Scattered foxing and faint dampstaining. Not a showpiece, but a very satisfactory reading copy. (cfm)