Swiss Family Robinson, 1893, France

Cover is red cloth with detailed illustration and silver and gilt decoration. The lower right cover corner is bumped with underboard exposed. There is light soiling on the cover. Cloth is splitting at the lower cover / backstrip connections. There is a vertical white streak on the back cover. There is gilt on the outer edge of the interior pages. Endpaper are gray paper and clean. There is heavy foxing on the title page and a blue penned signature along the upper edge. The interior pages are crisp, white and intact with mild to moderate foxing throughout. The book includes many partial page black and white illustrations throughout. The covers feel slightly fragile due to weight of the book. 398 pages.