Watts & Co., 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. First Edition. 141 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth boards. Ex-Library copy, with expected stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine. Liquid drops on rear board.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1692107057ADA
Title: James George Frazer: The Portrait of a Scholar
Author: R. Angus Downie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Watts & Co.
Date Published: 1940

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Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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....
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...