The Wives of Henry VIII and the Parts They have Played in History

First edition, first impression.  469pp.  Gilt decorated red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering front and spine.  Title page printed in red and black; tissue-guarding portrait plate frontispiece.  8vo.  Cloth a little worn, rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, some mild marks especially on verso, spine sunned and a little ridged.  Text block edges toned, and the deckled fore-edge spotted and bumped.  Internally some foxing and spotting, binding brittle but holding. Long number inked on the front free endpaper.