THE COMPLEAT PRACTICAL JOKER
by Smith, Allen H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/Fair
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1954. 320 pages, Dust Jacket was illustrated by Charles Adams, book is yellow with gold titling on spine, corners and spine edges are all slightly bumped, fairly tight and overall condition of book is VG. Dust jacket has protective cover and his been quite roughly price clipped, there is tearing along top and bottom edges especially around spine and folds, also back cover is slightly sunned and the overall condition is Fair. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. VG/Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200912
- Title
- THE COMPLEAT PRACTICAL JOKER
- Author
- Smith, Allen H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Arthur Barker Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Practical Joke, Humour, Gag
Terms of Sale
J. Wyatt Books
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...