Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 368 pages. Grey jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Binding is firm. Price inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Moderate sunning to board edges and spine ends, with noticeable splitting to the latter. Gilt remains bright. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket. Noticeable tanning to spine, edges and joints. Moderate edgewear, with noticeable chipping, tearing and creasing, and slight loss to spine ends. Some visible marks overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1674812737ADA
Title: The Irish and Catholic Power: An American Interpretation
Author: Paul Blanshard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Derek Verschoyle
Date Published: 1954

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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...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...