London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Some soiling to boards. Front gutter cracked. Frontis loose. Smith's library plate to front pastedown. Closed edges foxed. Endpapers slightly browned. Ink ninscription to rear endpaper. Slightly leaning.. First Edition. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Bookcase (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 37493
Title: The Devils of Loudon
Author: Huxley, Aldous
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Minus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1952
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...