Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac
1896. Caxton Edition. 407 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Binding remains firm. Paper remnants to front endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to spine edges. Faint markings overall.