Chatto & Windus, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. Second Edition. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece with plates. Moderate crinkling and cracking to gutters however binding remains firm. Pages and plates are moderately tanned with moderate foxing. Heavier tanning to textblock fore edge and title page. Rough cut pages. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Slight sunning to spine and edges. Visible white marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1625053161IEV
Title: Robert Louis Stevenson: A Life Study in Criticism
Author: H. Bellyse Baildon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 1901

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...