Poor Relations: Cousin Betty, Cousin Pons by Honor de Balzac
1901. Edition de luxe. 315 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound leather with green boards. Gilt to spine. Rough cut pages to text block edge. Limited to 1000 copies. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is weak. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and severe rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Some tearing to spine strip.