Babes in the Bois
by Ralfs, D. Y
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1956. 1st Edition. Beige Cloth. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Smith, Virginia . 176pp. Numerous illustrations throughout supprt the text. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Tide mark to the front and rear lower edge of the wrapper which has also water stained the board underneath. Chipping to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with slight loss to the wrapper at the head of the spine. One corner is slightly bumped. Light foxing to the fore edges, flyleafs and pre lims. Internally clean and tight. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204782
- Title
- Babes in the Bois
- Author
- Ralfs, D. Y
- Illustrator
- Smith, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Beige Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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