Harper and Brothers, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Includes illustrated plates. Pages have deckled edges. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. One plate detached, foxed and grubby but present. A few small edge tears to a few pages. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Some water staining to front. Book has a heavy forward lean. Gilt is bright.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1655813663MHP
Title: Questionable Shapes
Author: W. D. Howells
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
Date Published: 1903

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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....
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...
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...
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.,...
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...