David Douglas, 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Remarks. 306 pages. No dust jacket. American Statesmen Series. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Pages are rough cut. Gilt upper text block edge. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Marker and pencil inscription to front paste-down, with a few small nicks and grey rub marks along text block edge. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional grey thumb-marking present throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Tippex inscription on spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Very minor insect damage on front board, with faint liquid drops on rear board. Mild fraying to upper spine end.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1691581756TMB
Title: Alexander Hamilton
Author: Henry Cabot Lodge
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: David Douglas
Date Published: 1886

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....