Macmillan Co., 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. First Edition. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Front free endpaper is stuck to front pastedown. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Scuffing and marking to edges of rear pastedown and endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Some water staining to surfaces, with bubbling to cloth to rear board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1637149745MEP
Title: Plant Life of the Pacific World
Author: Elmer D. Merrill
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan Co.
Date Published: 1945

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...