Children's Illustrated Books (The British People in Pictures)
by Smith, Janet Adam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins. Used - Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 50 pp. 4 color plates, 33 black and white illustrations. Modest shelf wear and chipping to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover, some sunning to spine and front dust jacket. Binding is tight, text unmarked. Altogether very sound. Very Good. Dust Jacket is Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C40591
- Title
- Children's Illustrated Books (The British People in Pictures)
- Author
- Smith, Janet Adam
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
Terms of Sale
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
All orders subject to previous sale. Domestic Standard ships USPS Bound Printed Matter; Domestic Expedited ships UPS Ground; International ships via Air courier. All orders over $200.00 upgraded to UPS Ground without additional charge.
About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Used, rare and out-of-print titles, specializing in academic and scholarly books. Independent bookstores in Chicago since 1970
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.