Balloons
by C.H. Gibbs-Smith ( Introduction and notes by)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£122.46£97.97
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About This Item
London: Ariel Press, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Beige hard paper covers with black lettering to front cover. and spine. This copy is NEAR FINE in a VG, unclipped ( 25/-NET) pictorial front cover. Exterior has modest toning around the edges, but otherwise clean with only a hint of any wear. Inside is unmarked, tight, with only modest toning. 15 pp. of text plus 12 full page color plates. DJ is clean and colorful, but does have moderate to significant chipping around edges. Quite uncommon as a soft cover and especially so in the DJ.No other such found on Abe as of April 2022. Very Lovely..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002384
- Title
- Balloons
- Author
- C.H. Gibbs-Smith ( Introduction and notes by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Ariel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23&qu
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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