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CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
by SMITH, Janet Adam (reference).:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Collins, 1948.. FIRST EDITION 1948, in the Britain in Pictures series, small 4to, 230 x 165 mm, 9 x 6½ inches, pink boards, 50 pages. 3 colour plates, 33 black and white illustrations. A brief informative and interesting outline of the subject from the Horn Book and Comenius down to Ardizzone and Kathleen Hale. No inscriptions, tiny bump at head of spine, a touch of wear to tail of spine and lower corners, no foxing. A near Fine crisp clean copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, spine slightly darkened, head and tail of spine slightly worn, 10 mm (½") missing at head of spine, folds and spine edges slightly rubbed). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42142
- Title
- CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
- Author
- SMITH, Janet Adam (reference).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Collins, 1948.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS REFERENCE BRITAIN IN PICTURES
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...