Clarendon Press, 1869. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1869. 195 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Cracking to rear hinge, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Large split to front joint of spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1620732629BWT
Title: The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman
Author: William Langland
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 1869

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
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....
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...
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.