J Whitaker, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 1156 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to rear. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and stains to spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1669622450SEL
Title: Whitaker's Almanack
Author: Joseph Whitaker
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: J Whitaker
Date Published: 1952

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...