Faber & faber limited, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1945. Fifth Impression. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over pink cloth. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Mild creasing and staining to hinges. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to title page. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with with heavy rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1711954550CAB
Title: Archy's Life of Mehitabel
Author: Don Marquis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Faber & faber limited
Date Published: 1945

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...