John Lane, The Bodley Head; London, 1909, 1st edit, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. No Edition Remarks. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Translated by C.H. Jeaffreson. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Some plates are detached but remain present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Heavy splits to spine joints. Scuffing and light marking overall. Minor dark marking and water staining.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1631803310GEO
Title: Some Women: Loving or Luckless
Author: Teodor De Wyzewa
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head; London, 1909, 1st edit
Date Published: 1909

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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...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...