Novello and Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Original Octavo Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green textured cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Occasional minor marginalia, underlining and crossing-out. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Gutters cracked with exposed netting and some loose pages. Minor bubbling to rear pastedown. Boards have heavy edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are crushed and frayed. Splits starting to joints. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Mild water staining and mottling to rear. Gilt is bright.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1625514135DPB
Title: Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha
Author: H. W. Longfellow & S. Coleridge-Taylor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Novello and Company

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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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
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...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...