A Child's Book of Modern Stories
by Skinner, Ada M. and Skinner, Eleanor (compilers)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket.
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Dial Press, 1939. Hardback. Good/No dust jacket.. Jessie Willcox Smith. The Dial Press Inc, New York, 1935. Book condition: good. Corners a little bumped and some shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Spine a little faded and a small area of discolouration to rear board in upper region adjacent to the hinge. A little rubbing and light scuffing to pictorial onlay to front board. Inscription to ffep dated December 1936 with faint traces of some numbers at base of ffep which have been erased. Endpapers slightly tanned. Binding very sound and the book is very clean internally. Eight full colour illustrations by Jessie Wiclox Smith. No dust jacket. Stories by various authors compiled by Ada and Eleanor Skinner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1303573
- Title
- A Child's Book of Modern Stories
- Author
- Skinner, Ada M. and Skinner, Eleanor (compilers)
- Illustrator
- Jessie Willcox Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction,Illustrated,Jessie Willcox Smith
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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