The Adventures Of Poor Mrs. Quack
by Thornton W Burgess
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. No edition remarks. 119 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Sticker remnants to page 57 affecting several lines of text, text remains somewhat readable. Minor brown staining to a few pages. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light white marking overall. Water staining to surfaces with small scuffed areas of loss. Small split to bottom edge of front board. Book has a slight forward lean. Darker water staining to all surfaces, with minor brown marks and indentations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1624866903TMB
- Title
- The Adventures Of Poor Mrs. Quack
- Author
- Thornton W Burgess
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Limited
- Date Published
- 1943
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...