King Matthias and the Beggar Boy by Gaye, Selina - 1896

T. Nelson and Sons,, 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Frontispiece detached but present. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

London, Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1896. Cloth boards with illustrated covers; red, black, gilt stamped at front panel and spine, boards rubbed and stained in places, corners and spine ends bumped, spine browned, closed edges browned, ghost sticker marks to front pastedown, lacks free endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, some spotting and staining to edges of some pages, text clear to read, pp secure in binding.. Hard. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo.

London, UK: T Nelson & Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 124pp, tissue-guarded black and white engraved frontispiece, publisher's ads. Blue cloth-covered boards, black design and red titles on front, black design and gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends and corners, wearing. Mottled boards. Cocked. Top text block edge dusty. Attractive Prize plate on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring occasional foxing, and finger marks. 12mo. Adapted from the Hungarian of Baron Nicholas Josika.