Headley Brothers, 1905. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1905. No edition remarks. 448 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plate as frontispiece. Uncut deckled edges. Pages have mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tape to p.152. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Mild cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning and foxing to endpapers. Moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1690353638ALK
Title: John Wilhelm Rowntree. Essays and Addresses
Author: Joshua Rowntree
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Headley Brothers
Date Published: 1905

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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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....