Useful and Instructive Poetry
by Lewis Carroll
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£61.23£48.98
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tan hard cover boards with red and green gilt lettering to front and spine with gilt design on front. This copy is NEAR FINE in a VG, clipped ( but not the $2.50 price) DJ. Introduction by Derek Hudson. Exterior edges modestly toned, bottom spine modestly chipped, other edges sharp Lettering is bright. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight. DJ has modest toning to the spine and around the edges, with modest chipping at spine ends and tips. Otherwise clean with bright lettering. Very nice..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002165
- Title
- Useful and Instructive Poetry
- Author
- Lewis Carroll
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- poetry;
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Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Gilt
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- VG
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- 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....
- Chipping
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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