Unit Library, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 483 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound cream leather with clue cloth boards. Severe cracking to front hinge with exposure to netting, Board remains firm. Prize plate & pen inscription stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Contains deckled text block edges. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky , however pages remain attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1658413773BBE
Title: Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
Author: Anna Brownell Jameson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Unit Library
Date Published: 1904

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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.
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...