The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition remarks. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Notable cracking to gutters and front hinge. Notable thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Notable cracking to joints. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1709020257ADA
Title: From Jest to Earnest
Author: E. P. Roe
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...