New York: Harper & Bros, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good +. xvii, 651 pgs, plus adverts. 6 x 9 1/4 in. Brown cloth with gilt illustration of birds on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Tissue-protected frontis. Numerous B&W illustrations. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD+ ; Corners worn, quite at bottom. Back cover has small spots, discolorations. Chip to gilt illustration on front. Ends of spine quite worn, chipped. Binding very slightly loose. Slight foxing to title page and tissue, a few spots on text otherwise very clean throughout. Edges of text block foxed.

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Bookseller: Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8985
Title: HOMES WITHOUT HANDS
Author: J. G. Wood
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harper & Bros
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1866
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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....
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...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...