Meline, Cans, et Cie, 1849. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1849. No Edition Remarks. 249 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. previous owner's plate on front pastedown. Front hinge is cracked, causing boards to be loose. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Thumb-marking throughout. Text is unaffected. Red speckles to text block edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Slight fraying to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1662581490BDB
Title: Antonine (Tome Premier)
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Meline, Cans, et Cie
Date Published: 1849

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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....
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.