The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
1904. Seventh Edition. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper. Heavy cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding and pages. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing and splitting to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.