The Boy who was Afraid
by Armstrong Sperry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bodley Head, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. Reprinted. 95 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with black and white illustrated plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible tanning to text block edges and pencil inscriptions to rear pastedown. Boards have light rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear and area of loss to front. Moderate sunning to spine and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1630312391BWO
- Title
- The Boy who was Afraid
- Author
- Armstrong Sperry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1957
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...