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A Book for Jennifer; a story of London children in the eighteenth century
by Dalgliesh, Alice
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/fair
- Seller
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Cloth. Good/fair. Milhous, Katherine. Octavo, [12], 3-114. Gray cloth-covered boards with teal and black accents. Boards with light bumping and a few small stains. Lightly foxed edges. Firm binding; no loose pages. Lightly tanned pages and uneven tanning inside covers. Dust jacket with sunned spine, rubbing, chips and tears with some loss on back; now encased in a clear, protective cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12231
- Title
- A Book for Jennifer; a story of London children in the eighteenth century
- Author
- Dalgliesh, Alice
- Illustrator
- Milhous, Katherine
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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Most books are mailed in cardboard boxes, with protection for the book and padding to avoid damage en route. Some paperback books shipped within the US may be mailed in bubble envelopes.
About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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