Archibald constable & Co Ltd, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Gilded illustration to front board. Black and white frontispiece. Title page top uncut. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Text is clear. Pages rough cut. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Visible sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened to spine. Gilt motif is bright and clear to front board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1654684070IEV
Title: Lord Ormont and his Aminta: A Novel
Author: George Meredith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Archibald constable & Co Ltd
Date Published: 1903

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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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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....
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...
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...