232pp, 12 colour plates. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; illustrative endpapers, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. 4to. . Sun-faded spine; rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth fraying. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Gift inscription on verso front free endpaper. Pages ageing, plate edges tanning. Gutter stretching, volume quite loose. With twelve full page colour plates by the famous illustrator plus twenty-two black and white line drawings. The acclaimed sentimental novel, housing a complicated plot that follows the misfortunes of the Primrose family.
