HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Latest reprint. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1963 (1963)* Publisher: J.M.Dent & Sons.* Binding and cover condition: Mid-brown cloth, silver-gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs to corners & head & tail of spine, some slight marks to covers. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, and tight with light reading wear, owners book plate to fep. & labels to front paste down with some tape marks. Light offsetting to end papers. No marks to text, top edge grubby, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 458 pp. text. x pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: "This dictionary lists fictional characters alphabetically with a short statement relating to their character and involvement with the name and dates of the Authors and titles in which they appear." For example ~ Snarleyow, an artillery horse, "Snarleyow" (poem). Barrack-room Ballads, R.Kipling 1892."* A VG reprint copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5750
Title: Dictionary of Fictional Characters
Author: Freeman, William
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Latest Reprint.
Publisher: J.M.Dent & Sons
Place of Publication: London UK 458
Date Published: 1963-01-01
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...