The White Blackbird by Alfred De Musset
1955. No edition remarks. 56 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Translated by Julian Jacobs. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Minimal cracking to gutters of a couple pages. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with splits to joints. Scuffing to edges and light marking overall. Minor red marking to all surfaces. Faint water staining to boards. Light tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.