Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition stated. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with illustrated panel to front and gilt titles to spine. Includes work by various writers. Illustrated by T Cuneo. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. A few pages are water stained to edges, but the text is unaffected. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Slight cracking of hinges and gutters. Boards have some edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Spine is heavily sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn. Pencil marks to rear. Book has a moderate forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1646253876GEO
Title: Tales Of Adventure
Author: Natalie Joan, Violet Methley et al
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...