Wyman & Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1883. No Edition Remarks. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Volume IV. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Creasing to half title page. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Splits to spine ends. Black and white marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1653931672DPB
Title: Knowledge Volume IV July to Dec. 1883
Author: Richard A. Proctor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Wyman & Sons
Date Published: 1883

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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....
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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.