The Diary of Selma Lagerlof
by Lagerlof, Selma (Transl Velma Swanston Howard)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
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About This Item
London: T Werner Laurie, 1937. Book. Illus. by Johan Bull. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. 'The exquisite and revealing journal of the child who was to become a Nobel Prize winner'. BOOK: Shelfwear abrasions to top edges of boards; spine head frayed; spine heel crushed; spine & board edges faded; offset to endpapers; scattered foxing. JACKET: Price-clipped; edgewear; large chip to spine head; large tear to lower spine at front panel hinge; 2 large tears to lower front panel with associated creasing & crumpling; "V" wear to hinge corners with a chip at the rear panel flap hinge top; perforations and abrasion to the spine and the hinges; internal staining with some showthrough; spine faded & browned with a crease in the middle. Photo on request..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Klanhorn (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008510
- Title
- The Diary of Selma Lagerlof
- Author
- Lagerlof, Selma (Transl Velma Swanston Howard)
- Illustrator
- Johan Bull
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- T Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Klanhorn
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About the Seller
Klanhorn
Biblio member since 2006
Queanbeyan, NSW
About Klanhorn
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...