The One I Knew the Best of All
by BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: F. Warne & Co Ltd. Cloth Boards. Good. R.B. Birch. 'A memory of the mind of a child'. Red boards with gilt and black illustration. Illustrated by Reginald Birch throughout. Decorated endpapers are slightly foxed. Illustrated gilt and black spine partially faded. Corners and edges slightly bumped and worn. Two small stickers to front pdep, one top left with a number '41' inscribed, bottom left with bookseller sticker - see photos. Text block tight, clean and bright.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60355
- Title
- The One I Knew the Best of All
- Author
- BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON
- Illustrator
- R.B. Birch
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F. Warne & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S STORIES, BOOKS
Terms of Sale
Ripping Yarns
P&p extra, by first class post or airmail unless otherwise requested. Returns accepted only if incorrectly described.
About the Seller
Ripping Yarns
Biblio member since 2006
London, London
About Ripping Yarns
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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