London: Cassell, 1955. Eighth book in a series to interest young people in nature and handicrafts (1st 1940). Blue covers with gilt on spine and upper cover, 128pp with line drawings by the author. Covers have light shelfwear and bumping to extrems. Spine sunned. Dusty page edges foxed, as are prelims, with mild foxing throughout. Otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:114732. Seventh Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. Illus. by T. J. S. Rowland. 15x23cm.

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Bookseller: Church Street Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004732
Title: Leisure Things for Lively Youngsters
Author: T. J. S. Rowland
Illustrator: T. J. S. Rowland
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - G+
Jacket Condition: N/a
Edition: Seventh Edition
Publisher: Cassell
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1955

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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...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...