J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., 1889. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1889. No Edition Remarks. 410 pages. No dust jacket. Vol. I. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and borders. Deckled text block edges. Pages are bright with moderate tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Ex-libris present on front paste-down, with pencil inscription to front endpapers. A few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Small chip to rear free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a mild forward lean. Faint tanning to spine and edges. Water drops on front board and spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1691065537IEV
Title: The Great Historic Families of Scotland: Vol. I
Author: James Taylor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1889

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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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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....