Essai sur L'Inegalite des Races Humaines, Tome Premier by Le Comte de Gobineau
Cinquieme edition. 561 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.