Untitled historic item (013732)

542pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Upper text block edge sprayed brown. 8vo. Bumped spine ends, sun faded where dust jacket missing. Fore and lower text block edges tanned and foxed. Booksellers stamp on front pastedown, previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Prelims foxing and tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket worn, toned and torn with tape repairs, and portions of backstrip absent, now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.  Translated from the German original ''Das Gansemannchen''. Novel dealing in the grand manner with life in Nuremberg towards the close of the nineteenth century, recounting the struggles, hardships, and love affairs of a young musician of genius.