United Kingdom: Henry S. King & Co.. Good. 1873. Hardcover. A good hardcover without dustwrapper in aged pebble effect green cloth covered boards with gilt decoration, the beveled edges and corners are bumped and rubbed, the spine is bumped/rubbed to the ends, internally with strong hinges, toned occasionally lightly foxed leaves with several still uncut, quite tanned and somewhat soiled to the text-block edges with top edge gilt. A good copy. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 60x40 .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 49854
Title: The Pelican Papers
Author: Noble, James Ashcroft
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Publisher: Henry S. King & Co.
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 1873
Keywords: Memoirs, Essays
Bookseller catalogs: Memoirs;

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About The Old Bookshelf

Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that 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....
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.