Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. New Edition. 584 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations and gilt lettering to spine and front board. Contains colour, black and white plates. Pages are visibly tanned with notable foxing throughout. Heavier foxing to text-block edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Cracking to hinges, with exposed netting. Notable cracking to gutters with exposed netting. One plate and page 129 partially detached. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Visible split to rear joint. Noticeable crushing to spine ends. Subtle bubbling to boards. Gilt lettering is darkened.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1707292790ALK
Title: Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery
Author: Mrs. Beeton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited

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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....
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
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.