London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd ND. The "King's own" edition. Owner inscription to ffep dated 1913. Spine and front cover rubbed with a few marks, closed edges and endpapers tanned and foxed, front gutters cracked, frontis becoming loose, occasional smudge mark, else pages generally clean and bright.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Austin, Henry. 12mo.

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Bookseller: Bookcase (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 63360
Title: The Mission or Scenes in Africa
Author: Marryat, Captain
Illustrator: Austin, Henry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Minus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Size: 12mo

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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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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,...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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