Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 345 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations by Newton Whittaker. Front free endpaper is missing. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Mild cracking to hinge, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Minor dog-eared corners, with water staining, pencil marks and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Water staining to upper page edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Liquid drops down spine, with fraying to joint.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692710249ADA
Title: The Swish Of The Curtain
Author: Pamela Brown
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.

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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...
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.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...