The Water Babies
by Kingsley, Charles, General Editor Sir A. T. Quiller Couch
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. J. M. Dent & Sons, London & Toronto, 1923. Book Condition: Fair. 6" tall. A 1923 Reprint. First published in this edition 1921. Abridged with a memoir by Lucy Menzies. Maroon binding with motif to bottom right corner. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Binding firm. Boards have marks, blemishes and some slight scuffing. Some wear to spine and bumped, corners rubbed. Slight spitting at top of spine. Neat handwritten name and date within ownership stamp inside front cover. Pages tanned and some foxing to edges and foxing to bottom of last 20 pages. Some pages lightly creased. B/w text drawings. Not ex-library. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Soin2Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013
- Title
- The Water Babies
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles, General Editor Sir A. T. Quiller Couch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London & Toronto
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...