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For Better? For Worse? Notes On Social Changes
by George W. E. Russell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 193 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and rough cut edges to text block. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have moderate rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier tanning to spine. There is fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1634043863BWT
- Title
- For Better? For Worse? Notes On Social Changes
- Author
- George W. E. Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1902
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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