George. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1876. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1876. New & Revised Edition. 548 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Fully bound in blue leather. Contains black and white plates. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Water staining to pages throughout. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Visible splits to spine and joints. Notable peeling leather to edges and spine. Scratches and marks to boards. Water staining to boards. Textblock is shaky.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1647334223MHP
Title: The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties
Author: George L. Craik
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: George. Bell & Sons Ltd.
Date Published: 1876

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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...