Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. First Edition. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedown. Frontispiece is detached but still present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. White marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1647332983IEV
Title: Lady Precious Stream
Author: S. I. Hsiung
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Methuen & Co., Ltd.
Date Published: 1934

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
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...
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....
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...