L'homme À L'oreille Cassée. by Edmond About
1862. Second Edition. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with colour marbled paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In French. Ex-Libris sticker to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Occasional foxing. Thumb marking present. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Scuffs and scratches to leather areas.