Macmillan & Co., 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1883. New Edition. 335 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Significant scratching and scuffing to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Visible black marks overall.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1689748990BMP
Title: A Year's Housekeeping in South Africa
Author: Lady Barker
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
Date Published: 1883

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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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...