London: Grant Richards. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Does not appear to be a first issue ("I must down to the seas again" on p 59). Publisher's cornflower blue cloth is quite sunned/discolored. Light soil. Minor edgewear and slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Spine sunned moreso, with slightly rubbed gilt title. Gilt topped text block. Cracked at ffep, with that page loosening. Binding otherwise somewhat tender. Interior clean and lightly toned. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages .

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Bookseller: Old Editions Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9676
Title: Salt-Water Ballads
Author: Masefield, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Publisher: Grant Richards
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1902
Keywords: Poems, Poetry
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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,...
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...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...