Lawrence and Bullen, 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. No Edition Remarks. 508 pages. No dust jacket. red cloth covered boards with gilt. From the personal library of Herbert Robin Cayzer, former shipping magnate and conservative party politician, see bookplate at front. Black and white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Old price label and previous owner's inscription to front free end paper. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Binding shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sunning to spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1707138362LEE
Title: From Cromwell to Wellington: Twelve Soldiers
Author: Spenser Wilkinson (Ed)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Lawrence and Bullen
Date Published: 1899

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...