Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. Reprint. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with light foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Scribbled out inscription to title page and p. vi. Pen mark to page from p.172 to rear endpaper. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Some illustrations have been coloured in. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to boards. Ring marks to front board. Boards are mildly warped.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1706606991ADA
Title: The Christmas Book
Author: Enid Blyton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
Date Published: 1948

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...
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...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.