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Biggles Presses On
by JOHNS W E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1958 VG, small pen name top corner of paste down, light foxing spotting to closed edges, dust jacket price clipped, rubbed to edges, minor surface soiling, and tiny chipping or rubbing to spine ends. short edge tear bottom rear panel.. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Leslie Stead. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012774
- Title
- Biggles Presses On
- Author
- JOHNS W E
- Illustrator
- Leslie Stead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brockhampton Press
- Place of Publication
- Leicester
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Biggles W E Johns Boys Adventure Biritsh Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDRENS YOUNG ADULT;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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