John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. Reprint. 618 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Front hinge cracked thus the board is slack. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends and corners. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1711113555IEV
Title: Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head
Date Published: 1936

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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...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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,...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.