Seeley and Co, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. No Edition Remarks. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. White sticker with pen marking to rear free endpaper. Light pencil marginalia to pages. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth.Light tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1659107320BPB
Title: Dean Swift and his Writings
Author: Gerald P. Moriarty
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Seeley and Co
Date Published: 1893

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...