George Routledge and Co., 1857. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1857. New Edition. 492 pages. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards with lettering. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Heavy peeling and splits to spine and corners. Heavy scuffing to boards. Visible wear marks to boards.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1685115100CKD
Title: Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp
Author: James Grant
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: George Routledge and Co.
Date Published: 1857

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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,...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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....
Half Bound: ...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...