George G. Harrap and Co, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Half bound green leather with green cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and plates are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. 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. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Leather peeling to edges, with scuffing and scratches overall. Minor brown marking to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1638351079IEV
Title: The Story of Roland
Author: James Baldwin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: George G. Harrap and Co
Date Published: 1909

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G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
Half Bound: ...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...