This beautiful edition of Margaret Casson A Tale of Victory by E.C.Kenyon was published by John F Shaw and Co. The book itself is undated but there is a written inscription inside dated 1894 - so the book is from the late Victorian era.
The book is bound in blue cloth with beautiful pictorial decoration of acorns and oak leaves to the front board and spine. It’s in very good condition with light wear and bumping to the corners. The spine is sunned and there is crushing to the spine ends. Text block edges lightly foxed.
Inside, there is very slight cracking to the hinges but the pages remain tightly bound. There is a pencilled inscription on the front free endpaper, as well as a pencilled date and location on the verso. The pages show light age toning and sporadic foxing. A couple of the page edges are jagged - they may have been uncut and a past reader has separated them by hand.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in 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).