1902-14 9vols mode Selected works of W W Jacobs First Editions Short Stories Illustr

CONDITION

In original red cloth pictorial bindings. Externally, all volumes are generally smart with slight bumping to the head and tail of spines. Spine to Night Watches is rubbed at the gilt and slightly faded compared to other volumes. Pictorial boards to Dialstone Lane is also rather rubbed. Small patches of rubbing to the joints. Front hinge to Short Cruises is strained but firm as is front hinge for Night Watches. Rear hinge to Night Watches is slightly strained but firm as is the rear hinge for Sailors Knots. Small stamp to verso of title page of Short Cruises, The Chapel River Press Kingston Surrey. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1914 to half title page of Night Watches. Prior owners signature to half title of Many Cargoes, Adams. Evidence of bookplate removal to Many Cargoes. Prior owners signature to recto of front endpaper to Captains All dated 1905. Internally, most volumes are generally firmly bound though strained in places. Binding for Captains All and Night Watches are tender. Several plates to Captains All are disbound. Several pages to Many Cargoes have been trimmed shorter at the bottom edge than others. Tears to top corners of pages 179-182 of Ships Company not affecting text. Mostly, pages are generally bright with scattered spots throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Pages of Ships Company has offsetting to endpapers and is clean throughout.

Overall Condition: Good

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Overall Condition

(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)

Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear

Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy

Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones

often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy

Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will

be described in the condition report under condition

Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair

Fair- As with good only above but with other faults

leaving a compromised copy even after repair

Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.

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