London: Jarrold Publishers Ltd., 1950. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in green and yellow banded dustwrapper dustwrapper. 208 pages, 5 X 7.5 inches, Very good with th espine cocked, in a good dustwrapper with chipping at the corners and spine ends, edge tear san creasing, 3 cms missing from foot of the spine, and price clipped.. First Edition.

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Bookseller: Jacques Gander (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005810
Title: The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders
Author: Lord Dunsany ( Edward Plunkett )
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jarrold Publishers Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1950

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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...
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....
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
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