The Office, Fleet Street, 1854. Hardcover. Acceptable. January - June, 1854. Bound together in brown cloth with gilt spine titles, decorative borders stamped in blind at both panels, at front panel surrounding a gilt Punch. Cloth rubbed, bumped to corners, frayed to edges, split to rear outer hinge and repaired with tape. Binding beneath the split in the cloth of the rear outer hinge is intact; binding is sound through textblock. FFEP and title page torn away; volume begins with the preface. Dampstaining to bottom margin of first and last few pages. Scarring / sticker ghost at front paste down, where it looks like a bookplate has been scraped off. Pages toned, with occasional edgewear including chipping and closed tears at margins. Text free of previous owner markings.

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Bookseller: The Book Bin (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BBS-2012213
Title: Punch, or the London Charivari (Volume 26, January-June 1854)
Author: *
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Office, Fleet Street
Date Published: 1854
Weight: 2.00 lbs

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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...
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.