In the Blue Pike by Georg Ebers
1896. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and rough-cut text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout, with mild cracking to front hinge. Heavy tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean.