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Toad of Toad Hall; A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book the Wind in the Willows.
by Milne, A. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Methuen & Company, 1929., 1929. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, large paper copy. Large octavo. Xv, [1], 166 pp, [2]. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Publisher's cream boards with blue cloth spine and paper title plate to upper board, in original cream dust-jacket with green titles. Housed in a purpose-made lined clamshell box, quarter blue morocco over pale blue cloth, with five raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to compartments. Number 168 of only 200 Copies, signed by A. A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame to Limitation Page. Armorial bookplate of C F J Beausire to front paste-down; hand-made paper with pages uncut and mostly unopened. Spare title label tipped-in to rear. Jacket neatly price clipped to spine; slight loss at corners and at head of spine just affecting titles, with minor edge-wear, a few nicks & creases top edge and overall surface soiling. Faint ghost mark to cloth at spine due to price clipping of jacket; slight bump to lower front corner and light rubbing to edges. Light surface soiling to clamshell box with a little rubbing to spine. A clean, bright and attractive example of this childrens classic in a beautiful signed & very limited edition.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3873
- Title
- Toad of Toad Hall; A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book the Wind in the Willows.
- Author
- Milne, A. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London; Methuen & Company, 1929.
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Children's
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
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