Mail Coach
by Selby-Lowndes, Joan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1947. Thrid Impression. Yellow Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Large. Selby-Lowndes, Joan . 190pp. A third impression copy coming with an ALS. (1947) This letter from the author is writen to someone called 'Paul' and thanks him for his letter and that she was sending him this book. The letter has been illustrated by Joan Selby-Lowndes with a drawing of the house she was living in and a couple of other illustrations - all in pen, ink and watercolour. The book is bound in clean yellow cloth and there are light bumps to the head of the spine and to two board corners, with two other board corners being slightly turned in. Illustrated with several line drawings by the author throughout. There is a gift inscription from the author to the receipient Paul to the head of the front end paper. The textblock is clean and tight. Dust wrapper is price clipped. There are several short tears to the head of the wrapper and a few slight niks to the tail of the wrapper, now all expertly repaired. A little chipping to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper. The wrapper has some scattered light soiling. A very good copy in a good wrapper with accompanying ALS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227120
- Title
- Mail Coach
- Author
- Selby-Lowndes, Joan
- Illustrator
- Selby-Lowndes, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Yellow Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Thrid Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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