Les travailleurs de la mer

First edition, no statement of edition.
Contemporary half shiny green cloth bindings. Smooth spines decorated with a fleuron. Brown shagreen title-label. At foot the owner's initials A. S. Light rubbing. Occasional foxing, unevenly distributed. Good copy.
Undoubtedly, just after L'homme qui rit, Hugo's greatest novelistic achievement, depicting, on the island of Guernsey, one man's struggle against the ocean.