William Heinemann, 1897. Hardcover. Good. 1897. First Edition. 453 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front paste down and title page. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine. Book has a forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1684227432IEV
Title: The Christian: A Story
Author: Hall Caine
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: William Heinemann
Date Published: 1897

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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...
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...
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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...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.