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The Happy Tree
by Murray, Rosalind
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. Inscribed on front free endpaper "Tess Simmonds from Mary Murray Oct. 4. 1929". This could possibly be the Author's mother Lady Mary Henrietta Howard (of Castle Howard, Yorkshire) who married George Gilbert Aimé Murray who was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual ? Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Spine spotted and slightly sunned, small splits to cloth at spine ends. Light fox spotting to prelims, text block edges and occasionally in text but mainly to the margins. Bottom edge rough cut. Some page corners creased. Not ex-library. 330 pp + 4 page publishers catalogue at back. A scarce book. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
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- Bookseller
- Soin2Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002679
- Title
- The Happy Tree
- Author
- Murray, Rosalind
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 330
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
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