Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Blue cloth with darkened gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with very visible thumb-marking to paste-down. Minor dog-eared corners. Mild cracking to hinge and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. A few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Plates are slightly tanned overall. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine, with notable mottling to front board. Book has a mild forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692616253ADA
Title: Bernadette And Lourdes
Author: Michel De Saint-Pierre
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1954

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Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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.
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...
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....
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....
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...