Page edges lightly foxed. Bright decorative blue boards with light sunning to the spine.

Boards clean and unscuffed; edges worn and corners bumped. Spine creased at top and bottom edges with small tears.

A fine clean copy. Boards only slightly marked, top and bottom of spine chipped and corners of boards bumped.

No date of publication. Text clean and whole, binding loose at back hinge. Presentation inscription in ink on front endpaper, deleted name on front fep. Boards chipped at edges, corners bumped and spine faded.

First ed, first impression; published 1845 (i.e. December 1844). Text clean but foxing on engraved title and frontispiece. Illustrations by Maclise, Doyle, Leech, Stanfield. Red cloth gilt cover has stains and marks. Top and bottom of spine torn, corners bumped. Gilt still bright, including edges. Owners’ names on front flyleaf and half-title page.

Usual age toning of boards with corners bumped and foxing to pages.

Ink inscription to previous owner on fep.

Slight browning to pages.

Ex-library.

A play by T. S. Eliot.

Dust jacket in poor condition with some losses to the spine and edges and creasing. Bound inblue cloth with lettering on spine stamped in gilt, spine is sunned , where dust jacket has part missing. Slight foxing to endpapers and fore-edge. Map endpapers. A historical novel of the legendary voyage of Jason and the Argonauts for the recovery of the Golden Fleece.

Slight foxing on endpapers. DW torn with pieces missing.