T. N. Foulis, 1919. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1919. No Edition Remarks. 472 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with darkened gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white & colour illustrated plates. Deckled and rough cut text block edges. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front and rear paste-downs, with a few nicks and creases along text block edge. Water staining to front hinge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Plates are lightly tanned. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Liquid drops down spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692615285IEV
Title: Wild Sports & Natural History Of The Highlands
Author: Charles St. John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: T. N. Foulis
Date Published: 1919

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
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....