Ginn and Company 1919 hardcover printing. Book is tight and square with minimal edge wear and corner bumping. A few small tears in the spine edge. No dust jacket. Interior is clean, no bookstore stamps or writing. Age toning is present as is common in books of this vintage. According to the introduction, "Stage versions and adaptations minimize the misery, squalor and tragedy of the gypsy girl's life and thereby lose the tremendous force of Merimee's story." Written in French with vocabulary section in the back of the book.