- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 6555
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: Colonial edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Cassell and Company Limited
- Place: London
- Date published: 1932
Book Description
London Cassell and Company Limited 1932 Hardcover Colonial edition 223pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good with like dust jacket. Slight wear to edges of book. Book's spine is sunned and rolled. The spine ends are gently bumped. The pages are slightly yellowed. Dust jacket is somewhat soiled, rubbed and foxed, with wear and chipping to the edges, corners and spine ends. Dust jacket spine is sunned. A small portion of the title on the spine is abraded. Contains three short stories: Neighbour Rosicky, Old Mrs. Harris and Two Friends.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been cut into eight pages.
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. Also known as the back.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
foxed : A discoloration to paper, brown and yellowish spots.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
