Home and Van Thal, London, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second impression, 1947. Red cloth with gilt spine titling, very good, cloth bright with light edgewear, small stain at front hinge and another at front board. Spine tilted forward slightly. Binding sound. Dust jacket scuffed, stained, and edgeworn, including minor intermittent chipping from edges, and multiple small tape repairs to verso. DJ protected in Mylar. Pages clean, text unmarked. With frontispiece illustration by Felix Kelly.

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Bookseller: The Book Bin (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BBS-2019584
Title: A Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay
Author: Le Fanu, J. Sheridan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Home and Van Thal, London
Date Published: 1947
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.