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The Talisman Retold For Boys and Girls : 8 Plates in Colour *With Scarce Dust Jacket*
by Scott, Sir Walter]; Jackson, Alice F. (Retold for Children by); Vedder, Simon Harmon (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Undated but previous owner name and date 1942 to front free endpaper. Complete with colour frontispiece and 7 plates, as called for, free of any rips or tears. Publishers blue cloth boards with black titles and decoration to front and spine, colour picture onlay to front. Binding is good and sound, boards clean, rubbing to corners and spine ends. Top edge dust dulled. Foxing to text block edges and some in text chiefly to the margins, plates not affected. Small nick to bottom of List of Illustrations page and page 1. Jacket not clipped 2/9 net with losses to spine ends and edges, back panel discoloured. Not ex-library. 196 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
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- Bookseller
- Soin2Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001966
- Title
- The Talisman Retold For Boys and Girls : 8 Plates in Colour *With Scarce Dust Jacket*
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter]; Jackson, Alice F. (Retold for Children by); Vedder, Simon Harmon (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Simon Harmon Vedder
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Incorporating T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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