Jonathan Cape, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. First Edition Thus. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to half title page and last page textblock. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1632389297EMB
Title: Napoleon. The Last Phase
Author: Lord Rosebery
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Date Published: 1928

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.