Jarrold & Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. Sixth Edition. 103 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is slightly shaky, due to cracked front hinge, but all pages remain attached. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with prize plate to pastedown opposite. Noticeable tear to rear free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are moderately sunned, with mild crushing to ends. A few small water stains and brown marks overall. Noticeable creasing ans scuffing to rear board. Slight forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1666013580CRH
Title: The Little Forester and His Friend
Author: Mrs. Sewell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Jarrold & Sons
Date Published: 1897

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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...
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...
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....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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,...