Cassell & Company Limited, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate water staining, foxing and tanning to pages; text and images unaffected. More prominent to text block edges, lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are lightly cracked and stained but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1707905853ADA
Title: Ballads And Songs
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Cassell & Company Limited
Date Published: 1896

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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...
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,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....