Duckworth & Co, 1921. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1921. First Edition. 274 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in a poor condition. Contains coloured plates. Front hinge is notably cracked causing board to be loose. Binding is loose, though pages remain attached. Plate facing 274 is loose. Rear hinge is also extremely cracked causing board to be loose and exposing text block. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.Heavy tear to spine head.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1685606030ADA
Title: The Three Mulla-Mulgars
Author: Walter De La Mare
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Duckworth & Co
Date Published: 1921

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Poor: A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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....
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...