The Religious Tract Society, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to rear hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Some small tears to edges of a few pages. Brown marking to front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Text-block binding is loose. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Slight loss to ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Splits to joints with fraying to cloth. Book has a slight forward lean. Water staining to all surfaces.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1627466399MHP
Title: A Waif and A Welcome
Author: Mabel Quiller-Couch
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.