J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1912. Second Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth bds, gilt titles to spine and top edge gilt, browning to restof text block edge, wear, some small tears and sl fraying to spine ends, wear to corners, with sl rubbing to parts of other edges, a few minor small surface marks to cover, tanning blocks to free end papers, personal lib sticker to rear paste-down, occasional, and very light, internal spotting. ; 260x200mm; 365 pages .

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Bookseller: Lion Books PBFA (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 70914
Title: Oxford and its Story
Author: Cecil Headlam
Illustrator: Herbert & Fanny Railton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd
Date Published: 1912
Keywords: Topography

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BDS: Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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...
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...