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The Princess and the Curdie
by Macdonald, George (illus. Will Nickless)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (sunned, spine bleached), silver pressed cover & spine titling, text block firm, pages
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1956. 1st thus. h/b. Good, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (sunned, spine bleached), silver pressed cover & spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked, browned and slightly foxed. Owner's neat inscription ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Princess and Curdie are back in this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. Princess Irene and Curdie are a year or two older, and must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning IreneÕs father, the king. IreneÕs grandmother is also back and she gives Curdie a strange gift and a monster called Lina to help him on his quest. A wonderful tale of adventure and courage.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133301
- Title
- The Princess and the Curdie
- Author
- Macdonald, George (illus. Will Nickless)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (sunned, spine bleached), silver pressed cover & spine titling, text block firm, pages
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st thus, fiction, Macdonald, illustration, Nickless, Inklings
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- 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....
- 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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