John Lane The Bodley Head, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with light cracking and creasing to gutters. Tanning heaviest to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild bubbling and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Sticker to spine.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1670589385HLO
Title: The Greater Inclination
Author: Edith Wharton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head
Date Published: 1906

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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.
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....
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...