The Christmas Book. Edited by Harry Ballam and Phyllis Digby Morton.
by BALLAM, Harry and DIGBY MORTON, Phyllis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sampson Low. N.d.. Illustrated in colour and b/w, with carols to cold. e/ps. Original red cloth, gilt, vignette in gilt to upper bd. Lower bd. creased and grubby, spine creased and knocked at head and tail. upper edge of upper bd. bumped, lower extremities sl. worn. Outer edges sl. foxed and sl. grubby. Lower hinge visible and sl. loose. No date, ink inscript. to rear of half-title dated 1949. Some lower corners of pages creased, contents clean and sound. Good only.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32179
- Title
- The Christmas Book. Edited by Harry Ballam and Phyllis Digby Morton.
- Author
- BALLAM, Harry and DIGBY MORTON, Phyllis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Sampson Low. N.d.
- Keywords
- CHRISTMAS BOOKS anthology stories tradtitions illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHRISTMAS BOOKS;
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- 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
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- SL.
- slight
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
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- E.P.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Vignette
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