The Tree That Sat Down
by Nichols, Beverley
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. second imp. Cocked, spine sprung, spine heavily sunned, lightly foxed, small stains to front, gutters strained but not cracked, inscriptions to front endpapers, pp clean.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Morton Sale, Isobel & John. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53546
- Title
- The Tree That Sat Down
- Author
- Nichols, Beverley
- Illustrator
- Morton Sale, Isobel & John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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