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The Abbey Girls Again
by Elsie J. Oxenham
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Children's Press, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth. Major tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and moderate tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and noticeable foxing to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1646936532LEE
- Title
- The Abbey Girls Again
- Author
- Elsie J. Oxenham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Children's Press
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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