Master Francis Rabelais: Volume II by Urquhart & Motteux
1903. Edition de Luxe. 524 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Limited to 1250 copies and numbered 790. Gilt applied to top edge of text block, remaining sides are rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Inscriptions to both paste downs. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Final page of text is all but loose. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Board corners are bumped.