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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1962. Cover: blue/green cloth on board with gilt titles. Faint touch of smudges to cover and single tiny spot to front. Soft rubbing to head & foot of spine. Indent to head rear board edge. Light foxing to head edge. Mild sprinkling of foxing to eps. Hospital Auxillary stamp to head ffep. Quite clean content. Binding tight. 131p Dj: mild yellowing to spine and flaps spine. Light dusting of a little soiling. Head edge with light creasing, a few small tears and chips. Head of spine and near surrounds missing 2.5 x 1 cm with white tape repair on inside. 6cm split to spien rearside seam with white cellotape repair on inside. Foot of spine wth thin wear and thin piece missing with white tape repair on inisde. Head & foot of flaps spine with small open wear. All four corners have a tidy trim of corners points.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030759
- Title
- Wild Honey
- Author
- Uttley, Alison
- Illustrator
- C.F. Tunnicliffe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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BOOKMARK Ltd
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Auckland
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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