W. & R. Chambers Limited, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. First Impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are bright and clear with moderate tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Minor dog-eared corners, with water drops and a few small nicks along text block edge. Closed tear to half title page, which has been glued shut. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a substantial forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1688562346IEV
Title: Blackcock's Feather
Author: Maurice Walsh
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: W. & R. Chambers Limited
Date Published: 1932

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
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....
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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....
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...
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...