Nos Amis Les Animaux by Emile Leclercq
Fifth Edition. 208 pages. Quarter bound leather with red cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Book has been rebound. French text. Moderate tanning, with foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Previous owner's inscriptions and stamp to title page and page 59. Cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Light tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with chipping and scuffing to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm with tanning overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Some dents around edges.