Chatto & Windus, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. New impression. 262 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown illustrated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Illustrated by Yoshio Markino. Introduction by Douglas Sladen. Pages have deckled lower edges. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Gutters cracked with exposed netting. Text block edges tanned and rather scratched. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some edge wear, with heavy bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are heavily crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned with a few droplet marks. Gilt is bright. Boards are slightly bowed.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1649359518GEO
Title: The Colour Of Rome
Author: Olave Muriel Potter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 1923

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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"...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...
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....
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....
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,...