first edition Leather bound
1853 · Liverpool and London
by Smith, Lucy [Mack]
Liverpool and London: Published for Orson Pratt by S. W. Richards, 1853. First edition. Leather bound. Fair. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Decoratively embossed leather boards. Rear board, half title, title, and final three leaves detached, but present. Small pieces of tape have been applied at the spine ends and corners. Half title and title, with the top halves adhered, and the pages totally detached but present. The next several pages are nearly detached. Notations, with much regarding the provenance of the book, circa 1901-1972, to preliminary leaves and rear pastedown. Front pastedown laminated with glue. Collated. All pages are present. This copy was first (truncated)