Sweet William
by Richmal Crompton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Newnes, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. Twelfth Impression. 252 pages. Pictorial jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other illustrations throughout. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with label to pastedown opposite. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and crushing to ends. Heavy sunning to spine ends where dust jacket does not cover. Slight forwards lean. Clipped jacket. Light tanning and foxing to all surfaces, heaviest to spine. Panels and spine have heavy edgewear, with visible rips and chipping, and some areas of loss.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1666599297MHA
- Title
- Sweet William
- Author
- Richmal Crompton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Date Published
- 1949
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...