A CHUM WORTH HAVING - THE STORY OF HECTOR'S FRIENDS
by Coombe, Florence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Blackie and Son Limited.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages; This is a lovely volume, bright red cloth decorated in black and cream. The exterior, except for lightly bumped corners almost appears new. Previous name on front free end paper. Some yellowing of pages. B&W frontispece appears to be the only illustration. The book is not dated by publisher but the church gift notation on the FFEP is dated 1926. Illustrated by Harold Copping. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1928
- Title
- A CHUM WORTH HAVING - THE STORY OF HECTOR'S FRIENDS
- Author
- Coombe, Florence
- Illustrator
- B&W Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Blackie and Son Limited.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Harold Copping Juvenile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...