Quatre Contes: 'Mateo Falcone', 'L'Enlevement De La Redoute', 'Le Coup De Pistolet', 'Tamango' by Prosper Merimee
1927. 3rd Edition. 73 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Full title: Quatre Contes: 'Mateo Falcone', 'L'Enlevement De La Redoute', 'Le Coup De Pistolet', 'Tamango'. French text. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stamp to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Red water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears and fraying to cloth to bottom edge of front board. Water staining overall.