Hard Cash by Charles Reade - 1900

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1869. Author's Household Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In green cloth with gilt spine titling, 8vo, 415pp. (light shelfwear to extremities; toning to page edges).

Harper & Brothers, ND. Hardcover. Good. Small green cloth hardcover. Household Edition. 7.5 inches by 4.5 inches. Vintage book of unknown publishing date. Pages are clean and unmarked, though modest aging/tanning to aged pages. Binding sound. Small chipping to inside end pages. Shelf-wear to boards and corners. Some dampstaining / discoloration to bottom edge of front/back cover. No dust jacket as designed. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 474 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound leather with marbled paper covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Text block trimmed to edges, text is unaffected. Moderate cracking to hinges causing boards and binding to be loose. Pages remain firmly attached. Pages are clean overall, with moderate tanning and foxing throughout. Front free endpaper glued to front pastedown. Minor loss to fore edge of front endpaper. Occasional dog-eared corners with minor creasing. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Heavy crushing to spine ends with leather peeling heavily. Noticeable splits to spine ends. Leather peeling to all surfaces with heavy scuffing and markings. Paper remnants to front board with minor loss to cover. Heavy scuffing and visible scratches to paper covered boards.

Collins' Clear-type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 688 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Noticeable water staining to upper page corners throughout; text and images unaffected. Minor foxing and moderate tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Book is subtly bowed and forward leaning with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in period 3/4 brown polished calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, twin red morocco labels, and gilt floral tooling (minor rubbing; some nicking to spine labels; some foxing to text).

Chatto & Windus, 1894. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1894. New Edition. 474 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Some uncut pages throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to pages throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards.

U. S. A.: P. F. Collier and Son Book. Fair. Hardcover. Volume 2 has cracked paper along front hinge. Paper on edges of boards is worn through where not covered by leather. Leather to top of spine is torn on both volumes. Part of the 16 volume set of Works by Charles Reade, red leather over red marbled boards..

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

1906T. unknown_binding. Good. in x in x in. undated george routledge pocket edition on blue leather boards