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Best Book for Schoolgirls (in Its Original Dustjacket)
by -
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good +. Charming collection of British "Schoolgirl" stories. This copy also includes its uncommon dustjacket. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Good+ dustjacket, with a 1" band of chipping running across the front panel's top-edge, minor chipping along other edges as well and several closed tears (with clear tape evenly applied). Still though, quite presentable. Thick quarto, includes the 5 full-page color plates called for.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12176
- Title
- Best Book for Schoolgirls (in Its Original Dustjacket)
- Author
- -
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins' Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- rare children's books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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