James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1871. No Edition Remarks. 508 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are rough cut. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Mild cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Tape reinforcement to hinges, with former owners inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Water staining to gutters. Rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners, and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Pen marks on front board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1693314612MEP
Title: The Lands of Scott
Author: James F. Hunnewell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Date Published: 1871

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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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...