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A Whizz for Atomms
by Geoffrey Willans
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Max Parrish, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8" by 5.5". Geoffrey Searle. A first edition of this humorous book written by Geoffrey Willans and illustrated by Ronald Searle. The first edition copy of this hilarious guide for children and young adults going through life in the twentieth century, illustrated by Ronald Searle. Rascal Nigel Molesworth is Geoffrey Willans' most well known character, and with his very original outrageous spelling, he's the supposed author of this volume full of advice on life in St. Custard's prep school. This book is mainly for children and young adults, but can also be greatly appreciated by any adult thanks to Willans' humorous writing style, alongside Searle's captivating illustrations. In the publisher's original black cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine, with price clipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original black cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally very smart, with minor shelfwear only and slight bumping to extremities. Previous owner's inscription has been excised to front free endpaper. Dustwrapper is clipped and chipped to head, while there are minor closed tears to tail. Front wrap is slightly sunned as well as spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to a couple of leaves. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 752A32
- Title
- A Whizz for Atomms
- Author
- Geoffrey Willans
- Illustrator
- Geoffrey Searle
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Max Parrish
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Comic humour Ronald Searle funny humour First Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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