London: The Religious Tract Society Red/brown covers with gilt, blind-stamped rules on spine and decoration on both boards, 381pp plus 6pp of adverts, yellow endpapers. ND, but mid-Victorian with neat gift inscription on ffep dated 1867. More modern ownership name below and owner's sticker (inscription writer) on front pastedown. Covers have rubbing and bumping to extrems, especially head and foot of spine. Very small splits at head of spine. Page edges dusty, light foxing to prelims, covers faded, most of rfep missing, hinges cracked but holding well, eight-page section partially detached, otherwise binding is secure. Ref:104216. Cloth. G+/N/a. 10x16cm.

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Bookseller: Church Street Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004216
Title: The Christian Warfare Illustrated
Author: Robert Vaughan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - G+
Jacket Condition: N/a
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
Place of Publication: London

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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,...
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...
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...
ND: no publisher's date given
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...
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...