W. & R. Chambers Ltd., 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. First Edition. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavy foxing to text block edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and edge wear with mild bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavy foxing and sunning to spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1630410042ADA
Title: Walking In Somerset
Author: S. P. B. Mais
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: W. & R. Chambers Ltd.
Date Published: 1938

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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,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
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...
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...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...