Methuen & Co. Fair with no dust jacket. 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth bds with gilt titles, much discoloured and worn, with spine ends having a chewed appearance, tears to the sides of the spine, old damp stains - particularly around the spine area, with is browned, and the titles dulled to the point of almost invisibility, corners bumps, ffep missing, title page and rfep are mottled, hinges sl cracked, but still feels tight, darkened uncut text block edges, previous owner's name/address to verso of title page, sl spotting to tissue guard of frontis, occasional internal marks to leaves. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages .

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Bookseller: Lion Books PBFA (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 73609
Title: Bladys of the Stewponey
Author: S. Baring Gould
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Methuen & Co
Date Published: 1897
Keywords: Literature, Shelf By Door

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Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
BDS: Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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,...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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...
RFEP: The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
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...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.