JACK AND HIS OSTRICH - A STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
by Stredder, E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T.Nelson and Sons, 1890. Decorated blue hardcover cloth binding with gilt titles clean and tight, cocked spine, rubbing along edges, bumped corners. 1890 gift inscription ffep. 192 pages, foxing and staining but overall clean and tight. Story of a young boy living with his father on a farm in Africa and his pet ostrich, Vickel.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09623
- Title
- JACK AND HIS OSTRICH - A STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
- Author
- Stredder, E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T.Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SOUTH AFRICA OSTRICH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Chapter Books;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
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