P. F. Collier & Son, 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 334 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound black leather with marbled cloth. Contains a photographic black and white frontis. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and rough cut edges to text block. Noticeable thumb-marking present. Boards have light rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and major sunning to spine. Splitting to joints and fraying of cloth to spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1630497706ADA
Title: Familiar Studies of Men and Books
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son
Date Published: 1902

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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...
Half Bound: ...
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....
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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...