Vallentine, Mitchell & Co, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition. 439 pages. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated title page. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and pre title page. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Pale liquid stains to front, rear and spine. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall. Slight water staining. Some tape repairs. Spine is noticeably sunned.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1648024528ADA
Title: Marie Antoinette
Author: Andre Castelot
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Vallentine, Mitchell & Co
Date Published: 1957

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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...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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....
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...