Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1910. No Edition Remarks. 88 pages. No dust jacket. Orange pictorial boards with black and gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrated plates by Allan Stewart and Mrs. C. Creyke. Front free endpaper is missing. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed, with former owner's inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Mild cracking to hinge and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Water drops down spine. Light mottling to rear board.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692706151MEP
Title: Ceylon (Peeps At Many lands)
Author: Alfred Clark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Date Published: 1910

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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....
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...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...