Grant Richards Ltd, 1915. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1915. First Edition. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with navy lettering. The Times Book Club ink stamp to rear paste down. Spine appears to have been glossed. Small brown stain spots (approx. 5mm) to some page edges. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Pages are rough cut. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Bottom corners starting to fray. Notable tanning to spine and board edges, with scuff, soiling, dark and white staining, and marking across the boards.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1662385601LEE
Title: Bittersweet [First Edition]
Author: Grant Richards
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Grant Richards Ltd
Date Published: 1915

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Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
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,...
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...
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....