By Order of the King by Victor Hugo
No Edition Remarks. 521 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and illustrations are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to pages. Rough cut pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.