Constable and Co. Ltd., 1921. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1921. First Edition. 91 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative beige paper covered boards with brown cloth to spine. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1649144513LSA
Title: The Veil and Other Poems
Author: Walter De La Mare
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Constable and Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1921

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...