John Long, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 429 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt decorations. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning and marking to text block edges. Heavy water damage throughout. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions and plate to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and water damaged.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1628672840TMB
Title: The History of Henry Esmond
Author: W M Thackeray
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Long
Date Published: 1904

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...