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QUALITY STREET
by Barrie, J.M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Illustrated by Thomson, Hugh. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. A Comedy in Four Acts. Large format. Elaborately decorated blue/lilac cloth covers, large gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 22 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations.198 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Faint stain, only visible at certain angles, to spine edges of rear and front cover. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and light browning to endpapers. Contents very good just an odd margin tear and fox spot. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with tears to ends of spine. Creasing to folds and sides of spine. Browning to spine and unevenly to rear panel. Browning and pink stains to verso corresponding with faint stains on covers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stella & Rose's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1505881
- Title
- QUALITY STREET
- Author
- Barrie, J.M
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ILLUSTRATED PLAYS
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About the Seller
Stella & Rose's Books
Biblio member since 2005
Monmouthshire, Aberdeen
About Stella & Rose's Books
About Stella & Rose's BooksWe have an extensive shop situated in the beautiful and historic village of Tintern in the Wye Valley on the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.Located in the lovely village of Tintern - well known for its ancient abbey - Stella & Rose's Books has been established since 1991 and typically has up to 30,000 books in stock on many subjects but with particular emphasis on Natural History, Transport including Motor Sport, History, Art, Military, Childrens and Science & Technology.Stella & Rose's Books have received consistent praise - and awards - for our customer service, and books are carefully packaged in professional book boxes to ensure that they reach you in the best possible condition.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
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