Harold St John: a Portrait By His Daughter
by St John, Patricia
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Pickering & Inglis, 1961. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, a previous owner's name, address label and date (1962) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine still clear, of this hard-cover book. A biography of the British missionary Harold St John who worked in South America and in North Africa between 1913 and the early 1950s. His daughter, Patricia, was a popular writer of Christian books for children. 182pp, 7 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005432
- Title
- Harold St John: a Portrait By His Daughter
- Author
- St John, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pickering & Inglis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Religious, Missionary-Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Religion;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
Books dispatched within 1-2 working days. Returns accepted but customer should notify me within seven days of receipt of the book. Postage charges based on average book weight. Reduced rates will apply to lighter parcels when possible. Heavy books are mentioned in the book description, you will be informed of any increased charges before the book is dispatched.
About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.