Archibald Constable & Co, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. No Edition Noted. 445 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and rough cut edges to text block. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have major ink marks, rubbing and sunning. Minor bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Major ink marks and sunning to spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1649427099IEV
Title: Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era
Author: John Fyvie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co
Date Published: 1906

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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,...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....