The Life & Letters of Charles Bulfinch Architect by Ellen Susan Bulfinch 1896

Good, antique, hardcover book with top edge gilt (see photos); the book is clean, tight, square, and -- but for the prior owner's bookplate on the front end page (see photos) -- free of any markings showing significant wear to the gilt (see photos), well thumbed and age-toned pages (see photos), and foxing to throughout the text block but otherwise showing only light additional wear; boards show significant shelf wear, including significant rubbing and bumping along all edges and corners (see photos), heavy sunning along the spine (see photos), sunning to the front and back covers (see photos), significant scuffing to both front and back covers (see photos), a tear along the front hinge/spine (see photos),and heavy bumping to the head and foot of the spine (see photos) but remains in good, antique, condition; 315 pages; well illustrated; published 1896 by Houghton Mifflin & Company; please thoroughly review all photos prior to purchase for a comprehensive understanding of the condition of this book; purchaser signature may be required upon delivery. C5 EB