Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. First Edition. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Marbled paper covered boards with beige cloth to spine. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Sticker to rear pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing overall. Textblock is shaky. Book has a minor forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1650377747CHR
Title: On Straw and Other Conceits
Author: D. B. Wyndham Lewis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Methuen & Co., Ltd.
Date Published: 1927

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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...