Among Hostile Hordes. A story of the Tai-Ping Rebellion by Marchant, Bessie - nd [1901]

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Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 351 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Frontis is detached. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Insert to front pastedown. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Moderate sunning to spine and edges.

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Textblock is shaky. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Light tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Blackie & Son Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. There is also a prize plate to the front endpaper. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Cracking to front hinge with frontis detached from binding but present. There is also heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges and lipstick marks to rear pastedown. Boards have moderate rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and handling marks as well.

Oxford University Press, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. 368 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with light sunning to spine. Boards are slightly bowed.

Blackie, 1908. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1908. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Moderate tanning, with heavy foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Heavy cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Front endpaper is missing. Scribbles to frontispiece. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with heavy tanning overall.

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 335 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated brown cloth with a colour illustrated plate to the middle of the book. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and cracking to front hinge and guttering. Book is shaky with heavy tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and splitting to both joints causing fraying of cloth.

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.