Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No edition remarks. 204 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Blind stamped titles to front board. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. With appendix by Alys Russell. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Remains of plate to front free end paper. Stamp to title page. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Binding slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends with fraying. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sticky mark from spine label. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains overall. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering remains bright.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1707214122BWC
Title: German Social Democracy
Author: Bertrand Russell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date Published: 1896

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...