Thomas D Morison Glasgow/Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent and Co London undated Fair (no dj, lightly worn royal blue cloth, gilt titles and floral gilt decoration on darkened spine, 3" split cloth back joint of spine and light wear head and tail, small white paint mark back board and coffee mug ring, corners bumped, front free endpaper missing, front hinge cracked and early contents a little shaken, quite heavy browning to all page edges) octavo 512pp plus 15pp publisher's list. No date of publication, looks late 1890s/1900. Containing: Biographical Sketch, Tales of a Traveller, Bracebridge Hall or The Humorists, Tales of he Alhambra, Miscellaneous Tales.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 54993
Title: THE POPULAR TALES
Author: Washington Irving:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas D Morison Glasgow/Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent and Co London undated
Bookseller catalogs: Antiquarian;

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Tail: The heel of the spine.
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.