Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. First Edition. 122 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Substantial creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Heavy sunning to spine and edges. Visible scratches to rear board. Book has a noticeable forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1637920385MHP
Title: Twenty-Four Strokes Of The Pen: An Egyptian Holiday
Author: B. M. W. Jesson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1929

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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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...