Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. New Edition. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pink cloth with black lettering. Half of dust jacket is missing. Deckled text block edges. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front paste-down, with an pencil inscription to free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Unclipped jacket has heavy surface wear, with very large areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing to front cover, spine and corners. Moderately tanned and thumb-marked overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1693385577ADA
Title: The Children of Primrose Lane
Author: Noel Streatfeild
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 1947

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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.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
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...
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....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...