Henry G. Clarke & Co. Publishers, 1845. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1845. No Edition Remarks. 271 pages. Half bound leather with brown cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound. No advertisements. Marbled text block edges, patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Previous owner's inscriptions to title page. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with cracking to front hinge. Binding remains firm. Occasional pen annotations throughout. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned. Leather slightly peeling to all surfaces with noticeable scuffing. Faint marks overall with occasional water drops.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1659949364MHP
Title: Conversations on Some of The Old Poets
Author: James Russell Lowell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Henry G. Clarke & Co. Publishers
Date Published: 1845

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....
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...
Half Bound: ...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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....
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.