John Camden Hotten, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt decorations; rectangular inlaid illustration to front board. Black and white in-text decorations throughout. 2 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. All text block edges gilt. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Small hole to cloth to fore edge of rear board. Slight warping and faint red stain to inlaid illustration. Gilt slightly faded in places. Book has a moderate forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1704295313RRM
Title: A Garland Of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern
Author: Joshua Sylvester (Ed.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Camden Hotten
Date Published: 1861

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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...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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...
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....
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...
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...