Longmans, Green & Co, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. Reprinted. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose, however all page remain attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor wear marks to boards.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1631710856LSA
Title: Colonel Quaritch, V.C.
Author: H. Rider Haggard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co
Date Published: 1893

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...