Cassell & Company Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition remarks. 381 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Top edge of text block dyed red. Publisher's catalog at rear. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking to bind at both boards with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Further marking to both boards. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Book has a slight forward lean. Mild crushing to spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1658215534MHR
Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Volume I
Author: Charles Dickens
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd.

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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...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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....
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...