1892 hardcover as pictured. This is a nicely made volume that has seen considerable use. A history of the renowned Baptist preacher. Binding is largely intact. The front hinge is cracked at the frontispiece. Rear hinge also partially cracked. Blue cloth boards with gold and silver stamping and beveled edges are soiled and worn with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Patterned endpapers are tanned with small pencil notation and a few bookworm holes at front. Includes 32 illustrations, and 13 pictures by John Ploughman. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG3

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Bookseller: Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2445
Title: Life Of Charles H Spurgeon
Author: Russell H Conwell
Illustrator: John Ploughman
Format/Binding: See Description
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Jacket Condition: Unjacketed
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Edgewood Publishing Co
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1892
Pages: 616
Size: 5.25x7.25
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Religion, Preaching, Baptists
Bookseller catalogs: Religion; Preaching; Baptists;

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Tail: The heel of the spine.
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...