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The Christmas Book
by Various
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Juvenile Productions Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous duo tone drawings – Illustrator /s not credited. 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip. 3/4 illustrated boards. An annual put out in the early 50s (dated due to prize plate – 1953) with a theme of Christmas – activities to do and stories to be read. Authors include: – Charles Griffiths, John Hornby and Helen J. Wright. The book is showing age and wear. Softening and rubbing to the back strip edges and book corners – underline board is visible and there is rubbing either side of the back strip, and again, underline board is feasible. Rubbing of the other book edges and panels. A few chips from the panel illustrations. There is a punched hole to the rear book panel. Heavy browning to the text block edges and pages. Prize plate affixed to the lower left hand corner of the front paste-down. There is a 2 inch tear to the lower edge of page 11. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 61 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Annual; Fiction. Inventory No: 0121592. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121592
- Title
- The Christmas Book
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Juvenile Productions Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 the Christmas book annual – 1953, children's, illustrated, stories, activities Children; Annual; Fiction. Unbranded Various The Christmas Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Annual;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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