Jonathan Cape, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. First Published. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Service book glued to half title page. Newspaper clipping stuck to rear free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Bleaching to edges. Marks and scratches overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1667292405MHP
Title: King George V: a Sketch of a Great Ruler
Author: Sir George Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Date Published: 1929

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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....
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.
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...