Phoenix House, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1962. Reprinted. 291 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Black and white photographic dust jacket over green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with pencil marks to front endpaper and pastedown. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Tape to interior.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1634807160ADA
Title: British Canals: An Illustrated History.
Author: Charles Hadfield
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Phoenix House
Date Published: 1962

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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,...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.