EXPIATION.

Hardback, no dustwrapper. Half-bound blue leather (could be leatherette). Marbled boards. Gilt titles and vignette. All edge gilt. Pink decorative endpapers. Presentation copy with recipient's name and date gilt embossed on front board. Gravures sur Bois (wood engravings). French text. Contents: endpapers lightly spotted. Moderate browning to edges. Otherwise pages generally very good and clean. Boards: edge extremities moderately rubbed in places. Slight chip to marbling. Some light blemishes. Spine titles and decoration dulled, but still readable. Otherwise good. A sound, tight copy. 219 pp + table.