The Chronicles Of The Bastile. First Series. The Bertaudière. An Historical Romance

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Half leather bound. The faded spine has splits (to about 3.5cm) to the head edges, leather title label partially unstuck, light marking. Heavy scuffing to the corners with loss of surface. Moderate wear to the board edges and faces. Hinges cracked. Scuffs to the marbled paste-downs. Inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Head and tail-band in place. The leaves are tight and in quite good condition for the age. One plate has a 1.5x1.5cm triangular chip to the bottom corner. Half a dozen leaves have a small fore-edge mark. Apart from age toning many pages are completely clean, many show generally light staining, occasionally moderate, never heavy. Moderate soiling to the marbled (scuffed and faded) text block edges. Generally quite clean and solid.

70 GBP