Chatto & Windus, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. No Edition Remarks. 416 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Deckled text block edges. Pages are mostly clear, with moderate tanning and mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Gutters are slightly cracked with binding exposed. Binding remains firm. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Water drops through pages 149-153. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a prominent forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1689241930ADA
Title: Nothing Like Leather
Author: V. S. Pritchett
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 1935

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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...
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,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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.
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...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...