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BAMBI'S CHILDREN: THE STORY OF A FOREST FAMILY
by Felix Salten
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good -/Good +
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardback. Very Good -/Good +. Translated by Barthold Fles and illustrated by Kurt Wiese and Erna Pinner. Emerald green cloth over boards with black particulars to spine and black decoration and particulars to front board. Previous owner's signature to first free endpaper; pages have tanning to margins, but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is soiled; top edge sprayed maroon; fore edge is deckled. Endpages are soiled at gutter. Boards are bright with rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and ends of spine; tear to headcap of spine. Binding is tight; spine slightly leans. Dust jacket has rubbing, creasing, closed tears and chipping to edges, corners and ends of spine particularly to headcap and top edge. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64369
- Title
- BAMBI'S CHILDREN: THE STORY OF A FOREST FAMILY
- Author
- Felix Salten
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Children's
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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Glossary
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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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