Constable & Co., 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 83 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Moderate tanning, with foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to hinges, with exposed netting. Heavy rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1677846832SEL
Title: Scattered Scarlet
Author: Will H. Ogilvie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Constable & Co.
Date Published: 1923

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...