Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Full colour frontispiece. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Loss to front paste-down. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1687363238LEE
Title: A Dancer from the Abbey
Author: Elsie J. Oxenham
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 1956

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...