Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1921. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1921. No Edition Remarks. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Ex-libris and pencil inscription present on front paste-down, with water marks and a few small nicks along text block edge. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Water staining to upper edge of rear paste-down. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine. Front board a slightly mottled.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692194271IEV
Title: The Control Of Life
Author: J. Arthur Thomson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Andrew Melrose Ltd.
Date Published: 1921

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...