Scrope

Frederic B[eecher]. Perkins. Scrope. Or, The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. First edition. Octavo (9 x 5.75 inches; 230 x 145 mm.). [2, blank], 4 (title-leaf and contents), [7]-278, [2, blank] pages (note: pages 5-6 not accounted for in pagination, but nothing appears to be missing, matches the copy digitized by Google). Text in two columns. Publisher's green cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt, spine ruled in gilt, boards ruled in blind with blind-stamped corner pieces, recased and rebacked with the original spine laid down; all edges of the text block trimmed; brown coated endpapers, flyleaves (mismatched, one likely replaced at the time of recasing). Covers very gently rubbed with some mild soiling; small, dark splash to the front board; light wear to the ends of the original backstrip still visible. Text block very faintly tanned (as expected, still perfectly supple); scant trivial wear to the page edges; extensive pencil n