Bernard Tauchnitz, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1879. Second Copyright Edition. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Marbled paper cover boards with brown cloth to spine and corners. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Brown staining to pages throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends. Scuffing to boards.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1678710535CLB
Title: The Last Days of Pompeii
Author: Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Bernard Tauchnitz
Date Published: 1879

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...