Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 540 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Volume 2. Ex-Libris sticker to front pastedown. Black and white illustrative plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Hinges are cracked with netting exposed. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1637651934MHP
Title: Famous Composers: Vol. II
Author: Nathan Haskell Dole
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1903

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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....
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...
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,...
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...