This lovely two volume edition of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was published by JM Dent for Everyman's Library in 1955. The books are uniformly bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. I commissioned a book binder to also add some gilt tooling to the front board in the shape of a fleur de lis. These books would originally have had dust jackets so I just wanted to make them unique somehow and brighten up the plain blue.
They're in good condition but there has been some past water damage to the bottom of the books. This can be seen as staining to the cloth. There is also minor marking to the cloth and the spine are faintly sunned. The top of the back joint on volume one has been repaired where it had split.
Inside, the pages show light age toning but are otherwise clean and bright. There is rippling to the pages in volume two and occasional creasing to the paper.
Dimensions of each volume approximately 18.5cm x 12cm x 2.7cm.
The books will arrive hand wrapped in bubble wrap, patterned wallpaper and string.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).