92pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards; gilt illustration on front, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine heel, bottom edges and top corners. Top and outer text block edges just starting to tan, affecting page margins. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. The author records the changes that the years of 'progress' have brought to the great houses of fiction since they were created by their authors - Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Disraeli's Brentham etc.
