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The Dogs Of Moorgreen
by Adburgham, Myles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1949. Bound in the publishers green cloth hard cover with brown title lettering to spine and front cover. The 52 pages are in very prentable condition with no inscriptions and are tightly bound. Fading to cloth at the spine and edges of boards otherwise in good condition. There are 15 charming illustrations throughout the book some of which are full page colour including a colour frontispiece. Interior of book is very tidy. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper which has chipping, wear and creasing mainly to the edges but is still intact with publishers printed price still present on front inside flap. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. The photograph provided is a picture of the book and the dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request.. First Edition. Good/Good. Illus. by S.A. Adburgham.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000451
- Title
- The Dogs Of Moorgreen
- Author
- Adburgham, Myles
- Illustrator
- S.A. Adburgham
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
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About the Seller
The Rare Book Shelf
Biblio member since 2005
Herefordshire
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
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