Melmoth The Wanderer [19th Century Gothic Horror]

by Charles Robert Maturin

Published by: MacMillan / Richard Bentley & Son, London. 1892

Hardback is overall in GOOD+ condition.

• Green cloth over boards has bright gilt title on rounded spines.
• Bindings are a little fragile, with some play in them.
• Spine ends are crushed with fraying.
• Corners are gently bumped with some fraying.
• Light to moderate wear at perimeters.
• Shoulders are moderately scuffed.
• Inside pages are lightly tanned with some light scattered foxing or smudges.
• Interiors are free of marginalia and intentional marks.
• Pastedowns have a little more aging, with more again on facing feps.
• Text block edges are dusty.
• Fore edges are deckled.
• Vol 1:
  • Pages 96-97 have a stain spot at the center of the foot of the page.
  • Gutter shows gap between signatures at pages 160-161.
  • Cloth over boards has horizontal bubbles.
• Vol 2:
  • One signature is loose: pages 147-158.
  • Gutter shows gap between signatures at pages 128-129
• Vol 3:
  • Shadow from newspaper stored in book can be seen at pages 8-9 and 130-131.
  • Gutter shows gap between signatures at pages 96-97 and 208-209.
  • Head of text block has some tiny dark spots.
• Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear.
• CR20160113

Melmoth The Wanderer is the best known work of C. R. Maturin (1782-1824)--an Irish writer of gothic plays and novels. It has been referenced in over a dozen other works of writing and film.

Vol 1: 295 pages; Vol 2: 326 pages; Vol 3: 335 pages. 5.5 x 7.25 inches.

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