Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. Uniform Edition. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with title labels. Pages are fairly bright and clear with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's dedication to front free endpaper, with pencil inscription to paste-down. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with minor bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1690373572ADA
Title: My Lady Nicotine (The Works of J M. Barrie)
Author: J. M. Barrie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published: 1928

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Uniform Edition: A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....