Not Dead Yet

by John Cordy Jeaffreson

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864.

Hardback is overall in GOOD+ condition.

• Volume exhibits overall toning and fading to covers, with edgewear and rubbing, and toning inside with scattered staining.
• Light brown covers feature blind-tooled frame along edges, and displays fading along edges with some scattered staining to back. 
• Boards display some edgewear from rubbing to spine ends and corners, which are also significantly bumped.
• Spine features text in gilt, partially altered by strong sunning of spine as well as two indentations going into text. (See photos)
• Spine ends are rubbed with chips and cracking, and shoulder on front displays a black line.
• Binding is overall secure with a little play. 
• Interior is mildly toned and exhibits scattered foxing and smudges throughout. (See photos)
• Some pages display edgewear with corner creasing and small closed tears, as well as a publisher's overhang on one page. 
• Front and back feps display some pencil notes. Page 73 has owner sigs marginalia. (See photos)
• Textblock shows a persistent 3.5" crease in gutter from head. Hard to see in photo.
• Textblock edges are toned with some darkening to head and foot, and mild staining to fore edge.
• Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear.
• SC20180614

264 pages + 8 ad pages. 6 x 9.5 inches.

A beautiful edition of the English author's novel. Intriguing and sometimes amusing, Not Dead Yet is a valuable example of English literature that comes out in this antiquarian edition. Originally published as a "three-volume novel"-- a form then common in British fiction, and a significant stage in the development of Western popular literature. The includes a library of select novels by Harper's, as well as general publisher advertisements.

Includes 8 pages of publisher advertisements at end of volume as well as a library of select novels by Harper's at beginning.

AS IS! Please see photos. More photos available upon request.

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