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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
by Norman Hunter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
£34.99£26.24
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About This Item
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm by Norman Hunter, with 76 illustrations by W. Heath Robinson.
Hardback, 1933, first edition, published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 203 pages.
In fair condition. Orange cloth boards and spine which show considerable wear, with much marking, scuffing and wear. Pictorial front board. Spine has some tearing at top and bottom. Inner hinges cracked, boards only lightly attached to textblock by cloth tabs and netting. Browning, scuffing and marking to page edges. Previous owner name in pencil on recto of FFEP. Several pages loose but all pages present. Some pages have tears and chips. Some marking to page surfaces, though no marginalia, underlining, etc. apart from a few pencil dots on contents page. See pictures for further information.
Synopsis
NORMAN HUNTER was born in 1899 in Sydenham, London. After leaving school he became an advertising copywriter. He also began, in 1915, giving performances of conjuring. His first Professor Branestawm book was published in 1933. After living in South Africa, he returned to England in 1969 where he lived by the river at Staines until his death in 1995.
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- GN Books and Prints
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- BIBLIO-066
- Title
- The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
- Author
- Norman Hunter
- Illustrator
- W. Heath Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Pages
- 203
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Vintage; Children; Professor Branestawm
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Inverness, Highland
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
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