Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. heavy tanning to spine and boards edges. Pages are mostly clear, with moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. price sticker and pencil inscription on front free endpaper, with water drops and a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning and moderate foxing to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Water drops down spine, with paint mark to upper edge of rear board. Book has a subtle backward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1689060569ADA
Title: Summer in the country
Author: Edith Templeton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Date Published: 1950

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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....
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...
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....
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.