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Good (leather boards rubbed, scuffed & scratched; edges rubbed. spine highly rubbed; spine top has gouge w/ tail harshly rubbed; front spine edge split w/ binding material visible & board rattled; interior front hinge fully intact. foxing, tanning to... Black leather boards w/ gilt emblem & spine printing; gilt spine printing. marbled pastedowns & endpapers. top edge gilt. rough cut pgs. book xxxi, 556 pages, 207 unnumbered leaves of plates w/ tissue-guards; frontispiece. Copy is unmumberd with large, purple 'Sample' stamp to front endpaper. Pages lightly tanned with instances of foxing, smudges, light marks. Opening and closing pages have heavier, more pronounced foxing, particuarly the frontis. Some portraits are accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Each biography of a person for whom no portrait is known to exist is accompanied by a blank leaf. A tremendous and very heavy edition; approximately 20lbs of shipping.