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THE PLAN FOR BIRDSMARSH.
by PEYTON, K. M.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, World Publishing Company, 1966.. FIRST US EDITION 1966 (stated first), 8vo, green cloth, black vignette to upper cover, black lettered spine, 239 pages + 1 with notes on the author and artist. Illustrated in line by Victor Ambrus. Set on the Essex coast, gripping story about 2 boys and plans to develop a yachting marina. No inscriptions, a touch of rubbing to head and tail of spine, a near Fine copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, slightly worn at head and tail of spine, small clear tape repair to tail of spine just showing on the outside, 3 very short closed edge tears, 1 at lower edge of lower panel with very slight creasing). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42536
- Title
- THE PLAN FOR BIRDSMARSH.
- Author
- PEYTON, K. M.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, World Publishing Company, 1966.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE STORY ESSEX COAST CHILDREN'S NOVEL
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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