Afloat (Sur L'Eau), Guy De Maupassant
1889. None. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine. Gilt and red speckled textblock edges. Black and white illustrations throughout by Riou. Translation by Laura Ensor. Pages remain bright and clear with some light foxing in places. Repaired hinges front and back and some cracked gutters. Repair coming away at front. Some pencil annotations to front endpapers. Gilt and red speckled edges to textblock very faded. Rubbing and fraying around hinges and spine crushed and worn top and bottom and sunned. Some sunning to top of rear board and also faint inscription in black ink on back. Some fraying on corners.