The Readers Library Publishing Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 251 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over gilt decorated red cloth. Major tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and heavy tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and endpapers are coming away from binding. Boards have visible rubbing and bumping to corners with fair crushing to spine ends. Boards are also bowed. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and foxing to interior.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1628771178EMB
Title: The Skipper's Wooing
Author: W. W. Jacobs
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Readers Library Publishing Company

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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...
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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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....