Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1917. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1917. No Edition Remarks. 146 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with darkened gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's name and pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and water drops along text block edge. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking and underlining present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with minor bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a mild forward lean. Slight mottling to front and rear board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692023656DPB
Title: National Economy
Author: Henry Higgs
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1917

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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...
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...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.