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The Rich Man and the Shoemaker
by LA FONTAINE
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper; colour ills. Boards marked by tape from dustwrapper edges; rubbing to edges and bumping to corners; previous owner gift inscription to front endpaper. Price clipped dustwrapper is rubbed and curled to edges with small mark to title on rear panel; reverse of dw has adhesive tape from remains of original covering, now in new removable sleeve. A fable examining whether it is better to be poor and happy or rich and miserable.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by WILDSMITH, Brian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jenny Wren Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003537
- Title
- The Rich Man and the Shoemaker
- Author
- LA FONTAINE
- Illustrator
- WILDSMITH, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
Jenny Wren Books
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About the Seller
Jenny Wren Books
Biblio member since 2017
Maidstone, Kent
About Jenny Wren Books
We specialise in secondhand and collectable children's books and related items. We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) so you can be confident in buying from us. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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