Speculum Historiale, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. Reprint. 320 pages. Yellow jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Text block edges very foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears and creasing. Jacket is highly rubbed and marked overall with general foxing and grubbiness. Publisher's sticker to front flap and rear.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1651739727IEV
Title: Arthur of Britain
Author: E. K. Chambers
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Speculum Historiale
Date Published: 1964

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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....
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....
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...

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