Boston, MA: James R. Osgood & Co., 1883. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fifteenth (15th) edition. Dark mustard cloth covered boards with lettering and decoration stamped in black, gilt and blind. Light edgewear and soil, and bumped spine ends and corners. Red-tinted text block is lightly rubbed. Binding cracked at second blank and rear hinge is starting, otherwise sound. Text with very minor, scattered pencilling. Interior toned, with offsetting to two pages where a paper scrap was laid in. B/w illustrations. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

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Bookseller: Albion Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000909
Title: A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art
Author: Clara Erskine Clement
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - G+ (Good Plus)
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: James R. Osgood & Co.
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1883
Pages: 575
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
G+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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,...
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....