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At the Back of the North Wind
by MacDonald, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott and Co. , 1909. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 352 pages. Hardcover in red cloth with black illustrations on front board. EX -LIBRARY copy with full markings. Binding is scuffed, rubbed. Spine is sunned, has a white label at the foot. Illustrated endpapers. Gutter is broken between half title page band frontispiece. Cords show. Text is toned. Collates complete with all 12 color plates.
Synopsis
At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered around a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050372
- Title
- At the Back of the North Wind
- Author
- MacDonald, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1909; George MacDonald; Children's Book; Illustrations; Color Plates; Christian.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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