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Old Peter's Russian Tales
by Arthur Ransome
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 334 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with a peach spine strip. Illustrated colour plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has heavy damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Creasing to spine.
Synopsis
Old Peter's Russian Tales was first published in 1916. The stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tell their children and each other. The tales include "The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple," "The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship," "Prince Ivan, the witch baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun," "The Stolen Turnips, The Magic Tablecloth, The Sneezing Goat and The Wooden Whistle," "Little Master Misery," "Who Lived in the Skull ," and many more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711522506MHP
- Title
- Old Peter's Russian Tales
- Author
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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