Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling
1889. Second Edition. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Missing front free endpaper. Moderate thumb marking and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate to heavy cracking to gutters and hinges causing some noticeable looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with visible splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.