Chapman and Hall, 1864. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1864. No Edition Remarks. 626 pages. No dust jacket. Magenta embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are rough cut. Front and rear boards are notably mottled with mould. Pages are bright with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Heavy cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding is quite loose. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Former owner's inscription to half title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with noticeable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Front and rear boards are notably mottled with mould. Ink drops down spine, with a small dent to rear board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1691412559DPB
Title: The Life of Major-General James Wolfe
Author: Robert Wright
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Date Published: 1864

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Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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...
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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...