The 40 Story Book
by Various; Agatha Christie; Norah Smaridge; Laura Whetter; A. D. Divine; Katharine Haviland-Taylor
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The 40 Story Book [Short stories by authors like Agatha Christie, Norah Smaridge, Laura Whetter, A. D. Divine, Katharine Haviland-Taylor, et al.]
Magazine/paperback format, illustrated, undated but circa 1940, published by John Leng & Co. Ltd., London, 256 pages.
Measures 9 1/4" by 6 1/8" by 1". Tattered card binding, with chipping, tearing and creasing. Marking and scuffing, some pencil scribbling to rear cover, heavy creasing to spine. Page edges heavily tanned, browned, foxed, scuffed and marked. The leaf containing pages 41-42 has been torn out. Foxing to endpapers, patches of foxing and other marking throughout, a little pencil writing and marking. See pictures for more information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-081
- Title
- The 40 Story Book
- Author
- Various; Agatha Christie; Norah Smaridge; Laura Whetter; A. D. Divine; Katharine Haviland-Taylor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Leng & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1940
- Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Short Stories; Anthology
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...