Birds of Passage: Songs of the Orient and Occident by Mathilde Blind
1896. Second Edition. 147 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Beige cloth with gilt decoration. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Rough cut textblock edge. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Noticeable brown marks overall. Textblock is shaky.