The Salon: A Study of French Society and Personalities in the Eighteenth Century by Helen Clergue

1907. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates. Firm binding to lightly tanned pages and plates with bright copy throughout. Inscription to fep. Pencil to front paste down. Large water stains to paste downs and occasional pages. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Rough cut page edges. Minor curling to corners. Moderate shelf wear and markings to boards with tanning to spine and board edges. Moderate foxing. Large stains particularly to front. Slight forward lean. Moderate rub wear to edges and bumped corners. Minor fraying and tears to spine ends.