Faber & Gwyer, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white photographic plates throughout and similar frontispiece. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages bright with some tanning and foxing, particularly to textblock edges and endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is dulled.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1694410546ALK
Title: Francis Thompson: The Poet of Earth in Heaven
Author: R.L. Megroz
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Faber & Gwyer
Date Published: 1927

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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...
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...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...