Bill Badger and the Pirates
by B.B. Watkins-Pitchford
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. Fourth Impression. 138 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth with blue lettering and design. Black and white illustrations throughout by D. Watkins-Pitchford. Pages have mild foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Minute dents to front board. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over. Notable tear and small hole to rear panel. Moderate tanning to spine. Very faint foxing to inside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689937891GEO
- Title
- Bill Badger and the Pirates
- Author
- B.B. Watkins-Pitchford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1967
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.