The Life of the Bee Maurice Maeterlinck
1931. Edition de Luxe. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Ex-libris label. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Moderate water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.