DECLINE AND FALL

Murray Hill, NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 293 pages. In Good condition lacking the issued dust jacket. Age toned blue spine with paper label and red lettering. Boards have fraying along the extremities, bending wear along the spine head/tail and fore corners, age toning along the spine and edges, and light stains. Textblock has tears on pages 143 and 149, splitting along the gutter from the half-title page to page 103, and page 151 to the rear end-page, very minor soiling on some pages throughout, creasing on pages 61-63, and 78-79, pencil inscription from previous owner on the front end-page, and significant age toning along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1394178. Special Collections.