Splendors and Miseries Volume I by Honore de Balzac
1895. The Caxton Edition. 446 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Volume I. Rough-cut pages. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. Much heavier and more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges and gutters are lightly cracked with netting slightly exposed but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.