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St. Winifred's, or The World of School. New Edition, With Illustrations in Colour.
by FARRAR, Frederic W.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909 (19th). Hardback, approx 8 x 5.5 inches. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and colour pictorial designs to front and spine. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped with some minor rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Some rubbing to printed design on front and spine. Minor mark to rear. Bookplate to front endpaper “Liverool College, W. Wrane, 1913.” Some light foxing to endpapers, else inside p[ages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. 435pp. With 8 Illustrations in Colour and many B&W illustrations in text.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78437
- Title
- St. Winifred's, or The World of School. New Edition, With Illustrations in Colour.
- Author
- FARRAR, Frederic W.;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909 (19th)
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books FARRAR, Frederic W.; St. Winifred's, or The World of School, New Edition, With Illustrations in Colour, London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909, (19th), Hardback, Dark blue cloth, gilt, pictorial, design, decorative,
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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