James Nisbet & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 13th edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth. Includes illustrations throughout. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Large tear to p35, partly repaired with tape - text still legible. Slight gutter cracking. Boards have some edge wear, with slight bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are moderately crushed and rubbed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Some water staining to rear. Spine is intensely sunned. Intense sunning front and rear. Book has a heavy forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1660054291BPD
Title: The Prairie Chief - A Tale
Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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....