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How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear!: Edward Lear's Selected Works
by Edward Lear, Myra Cohn Livingston
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0823404625
- ISBN 13
- 9780823404629
- Seller
-
Williamsford, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Holiday House, 1982. Pages: 123; Weight: 1lb 0.2oz; Size: 9.4" x 6.3" x 0.7". Signed and inscribed by editor on front endpaper. Jacket is rubbed, sunned on the spine and on the top edge and has 3 closed tears repaired with tape, book cover has light shelfwear, spine is slightly cocked, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight.. Good. Hard Cover. . . Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Montland Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16465
- Title
- How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear!: Edward Lear's Selected Works
- Author
- Edward Lear, Myra Cohn Livingston
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0823404625
- ISBN 13
- 9780823404629
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
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If book is not as described, return book in same condition within 7 days for a full refund.
About the Seller
Montland Books
Biblio member since 2008
Williamsford, Ontario
About Montland Books
Large inventory of non-fiction and textbooks: physical and social science, history, business and children's books.
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- Jacket
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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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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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