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Happy Venture
by Ashley, Elizabeth
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and Eastbourne, UK: Victory Press, 1975. Reprint Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 154pp. In pictorial boards (lightly rubbed on edges and spine joints, more markedly so on lower edge). Some mild, occasional spotting on endpapers and prelims, with remains of bookplate which has been removed from the front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original edge worn and price clipped dust jacket, lightly bumped along upper edge, a little sunned over the spine, one short closed tear from upper edge. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011416
- Title
- Happy Venture
- Author
- Ashley, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Reprint
- Publisher
- Victory Press
- Place of Publication
- London and Eastbourne, UK
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- vintage children's books,
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
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