Douze Contes by Guy de Maupassant
1946. Reprint. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Brownish cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. From the Nelson's Modern Studies series. Edited by R L Graeme Ritchie. Book is written in English and French. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Text block edges foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is dulled and worn. Book has a slight forward lean.