The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
1940. Reprinted. 306 pages. Brown dust jacket over green cloth. Only half of dust jacket remains present. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to last page. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Notable tanning to all surfaces. Brown marking with water stains and scuffed marks.