THE GREEN SAILORS
by HACKFORTH-JONES GILBERT
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON, 1951. Book. Illus. by MAIN JEAN: COBB DAVID. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. TIGHT FIRM CLEAN COPY. HAS NAMES OF TWO PREVIOUS OWNERS IN INK ON HALF TITLE PAGE - NO OTHER SIGNATURES, INSCRIPTIONS OR NOTATIONS FOUND. BLACK AND WHITE LINE DRAWN ILLUSTRATIONS. SLIGHT FAINT FOXING ON SOME PAGES. GREEN CLOTH HARD COVER WITH BLACK TITLES TO SPINE AND FRONT - SOME SLIGHT AGE FADING TO EDGES AND SLIGHT EDGE WEAR AND RUBBING. UNCLIPPED JACKET WITH SOME HEAVY EDGE WEAR - MISSING NICKS, RUBBING AND RIPS - ONE LARGE MISSING NICK TO TOP FRONT AFFECTING THE TITLE..
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- Bookseller
- M and P Books PBFA member (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006149
- Title
- THE GREEN SAILORS
- Author
- HACKFORTH-JONES GILBERT
- Illustrator
- MAIN JEAN: COBB DAVID
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- HODDER & STOUGHTON
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- CHILDREN FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Fiction;
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About the Seller
M and P Books PBFA member
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Buxton, Derbyshire
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
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