Macmillan & Co, 1878. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1878. No Edition Remarks. 662 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Book has a slight smoky odour overall. Contains uncut pages. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Previous owner's inscriptions. Cracking to rear hinge. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Moderate tanning overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1636971905BIL
Title: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy
Author: Richard Cobden
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan & Co
Date Published: 1878

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Uncut Pages: 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...