London: Chapman & Hall, 1886. Extremities lightly rubbed, a few small spots and marks to cloth, slightly cocked, central gutters cracked, closed edges foxed with some minor staining, endpapers also foxed with light staining to rear endpaper, small bookseller stamp to verso of ffep, light browning to pp.256/7, perhaps where a bookmark has been. However, pages clean and tidy, text clear, plates bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Bookcase (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 59199
Title: The Hunter's Arcadia
Author: Gillmore, Parker
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1886
Size: 8vo

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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,...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...