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STORIES OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY
by Marzials, Ada M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
-
Staunton, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers are very sharp, almost like new. Gilt on spine is very bright. Bottom edges are foxed/dusty. Small edge tear to page 67/68, at the vottom. DJ is most interesting. Outside is the DJ for the book, with stains to the front and rear, and especially the spine. Edgewear to the DJ. Turn the DJ over and upside down an you have the complete DJ for a different book, published 10 years later: The Case of the Frantic Ladies by Leslie Floyd. Couple of pieces of brown tape to the inside of the DJ. Handwritten price label to the front flap. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Avocado Pit
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55913
- Title
- STORIES OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY
- Author
- Marzials, Ada M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- JUVENILE Fiction;
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About the Seller
The Avocado Pit
Biblio member since 2003
Staunton, Virginia
About The Avocado Pit
General stock, mostly nonfiction.
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- 12mo
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- Edges
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- G
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- First Edition
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