Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. Third Impression. 453 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Missing front free endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately cracked, exposing netting and causing boards and binding to be loose. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild bubbling, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1699975216MEP
Title: Primitive Society
Author: Robert H. Lowie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Date Published: 1949

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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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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,...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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....