Scotland: John Ritchie. Fair. Hardcover. READING COPY - A fair undated hardcover without dustwrapper in soiled aged grey boards bumped to the spine ends/corners, presentation plate inside the front board (dated 1950), writing on the front endpaper, slightly toned pages very foxed to the endpapers and text-block edges. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15937
Title: The Young Woodcarver of Geneva
Author: Sinclair, Grace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Publisher: John Ritchie
Place of Publication: Scotland
Keywords: Childrens Christian Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: General Fiction; Juv Christian Fiction;

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The Old Bookshelf

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About The Old Bookshelf

Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...