Indian Tales by Kipling, 1899

The cover is muted red with decoration and a gilded title. There is shelf-wear and discoloration on the upper and lower backstrip. The back cover is similar to the front cover. There is tape in the gutter of the endpapers and a penned signature. There is foxing on the tissue and frontispiece. The hinge is cracked at the title page with webbing exposed. There is light foxing on the title page. The outer edge of the pages are deckled. The interior pages are mildly to moderately tanned with light foxing throughout. There is a finger swipe soiled area pictured. A large section of upper right corner pages are curved as pictured. There is an occasional fingerprint in the margin. 749 pages.