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Told on the Air: Broadcast Stories for Children (SIGNED COPY)
by Geoffrey (Compiled by) Dearmer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Latimer House Limited, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Compiled by Geoffrey Dearmer of the BBC's "Childrens Hour" these thirty-three stories written by authors including Elf Lewis Clark(Who has signed the book on the front end-paper with the words: "with love from the author of the first three stories, Christmas 1948"); M. S. Park; George Baker; Ken Francis; E .E. Ellsworth; Edward Cranston; Kitty Styles & others were, for the most part, heard in the "Children's Hour" programme which was broadcast from 1922 to 1964 on British radio. Contents list to the front. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 256 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Black titles spine. a number of pages have small pieces missing from the outer corners but not affecting text or pictures; a few spots to some pages. illustrated by b/w. drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Short Stories; Childrens' Stories; BBC Radio; Children. Inventory No: 3891. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3891
- Title
- Told on the Air: Broadcast Stories for Children (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Geoffrey (Compiled by) Dearmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Latimer House Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Children/Childrens' Stories/BBC Radio/Childrens Hour/Short Stories Children; Short Stories; Childrens' Stories; BBC Radio; Children. Unbranded Geoffrey (Compiled by) Dearmer Told on the Air: Broadcast Stories for Children (SIGNED COPY)
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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