The History and Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane Volume I M De La Sage
Newly Translated Edi. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather with five raised bands to spine. Volume I. Book has been rebound. Contains a black and white illustrated frontispiece. Both boards are detached but still present. Pages throughout remain firmly attached, with brown markings to gutters. Faint brown staining to pages on occasion. Text remains legible. Pages are noticeably tanned with light foxing. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional chipping to page edges. Front free endpaper is detached and noticeably creased. Mild insect damage to last few pages and front pastedown. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Significant loss to edges and corners. Leather peeling with marks and scratches overall. Spine is darkened with lettering significantly faded. Loss to ends with large splits across spine.