India Proofs 1890, Limited Numbered Edition, Very Rare, Great Illustrations

  

Amazing and incredibly rare Royal Edition of Volume 9 of. Choice Literature and Encyclopedia of Universal Authorship by A. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, and Charles Gibbon. According to text on one of the title pages, there were only 1000 of these printed and each was individually numbered (this is number 646). This book is not in good condition.

The cover is deteriorating, singnificant wear, discoloration, marks inside the book, spine is in poor condition.