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THE YEAR OF THE WORM.
by PILLING, Ann.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Kestrel, 1984.. FIRST EDITION 1984, 8vo, colour illustrated shiny boards, 142 pages. Black and white illustrations by Ian Newsham. No inscriptions, minute bump to lower corner of lower cover, pinhead sized rub to top of lower hinge, half-title and final blank page very slightly rippled due to production fault, otherwise a Fine clean crisp copy, issued without dustwrapper. Story about a small thin boy known as "Worm" at school. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42049
- Title
- THE YEAR OF THE WORM.
- Author
- PILLING, Ann.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Kestrel, 1984.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's novel fiction school story
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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