Picciola and Le Memorial de Famille by X-B Saintine Emile Souvestre
1865. Quarantieme Edition. Unpaginated. Half bound in brown leather with marbled paper covered boards with gilt. French text. Two books, bound together and separately paginated. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Front end paper excised. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Mild crushing to spine ends with splitting.