London: Gay And Bird, 1894. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second edition (first edition was 1893), printing not known. In good plus original bevel-edged green cloth boards, with blind stamped titles to front, highlighted with gilt and pink and red flower heads. The covers are very tight and straight, quite clean; slightly shelf-cocked; corners and spine ends frayed. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have stablised the spine with same coloured paper as the end papers. The end papers are fairly clean, with dedication on front free end paper. Attractive very small bookseller's sticker from Matthews And Brooke, Bradford on rear paste down; the rear free end paper is a little loose. Gilt cut edges. The text block is firm, square and lightly tanned around the edges. "The Bindery Team:" have tipped the title page into the block. Attractive frontispiece with tissue guard and other b/w illustrations in text. Includes publisher's catalogue at end. Good condition. No jacket.

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Bookseller: Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 57982
Title: Polly Oliver's Problem
Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Gay And Bird
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1894
Pages: 203
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Keywords: HF

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About Clevedon Community Bookshop

Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.

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Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...