Joseph Knight Company, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Contains black and white plates. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Noticeable tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Heavy sunning overall. Large split to rear joint of spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1628147978MHP
Title: Celebrated Crimes: Vol. II
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Joseph Knight Company
Date Published: 1896

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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....
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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....
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...
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...