Hutchinson & Co., 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to rear hinge with some exposed binding. Pen scribbling to rear pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Light sunning to spine and edges. Minor white marking to front board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1656667510LSA
Title: Lady of the Yellow River
Author: Philip Gibbs
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.
Date Published: 1953

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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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...