Leather_bound
1982 · Franklin Center
by Boll, Heinreich; Vennewitz, Leila (Trans.); Cober, Alan E. (Illust.)
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. 8 1/2" X 6". 245pp. Bound in full red leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy foxing to all-gilt edges of text block. Discoloration to edges of silk moire endpapers. Foxing to endpapers, and occasional faint foxing to pages throughout, otherwise pages are free of marks and notation. Staining to silk ribbon placemaker. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn but still quite handsome (truncated)