The Coral Island
by R M Ballantyne
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$19.38A$15.51
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About This Item
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1967 Book. Illus. by Leo Bates. Good. Illustrated Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Classic childrren's adventure story set on a tropical island. Children's Illustrated Classic Series No.6. 337pp illustrated with 8 colour plates and line drawings to the text. Green pictorial design to boards and endpapers. Red lettering to top board and spine. slight bumping to spine and corners and left hinge feels slightly slack, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, with a certain amount of rubbing to edges, otherwise good in clear protective cover..
Synopsis
The Coral Island is a novel written by Scottish juvenile fiction author R.M. Ballantyne. It was voted as one of the top twenty Scottish novels in the 2006 15th International World Wide Web Conference.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015685
- Title
- The Coral Island
- Author
- R M Ballantyne
- Illustrator
- Leo Bates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Collectable Books;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...