Book Description

8vo. Reprint. Tonbridge School Prize Binding by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, in full tree calf, with raised bands, leather label and gilt decoration including the school arms on both boards. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School prize label on front pastedown. With portrait frontispiece. Just a little rubbing to the spine and corner tips. Binding firm. Contents clean. Near fine.
Dealer Notes
A smart contemporary binding. It seems unlikely that the recipient actually read the book.
Author Darwin, Charles
Date 1897
Publisher London, John Murray

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