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THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY.
by WELLS, H.G. Written and illustrated by Wells.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, George G. Harrap, 1929.. FIRST TRADE EDITION 1929, 4to, 260 x 220 mm, 10¼ x 8½ inches, brown cloth backed orange boards with black lettering and vignette to upper cover, 45 pages. The rectos have delightful coloured illustrations by Wells with the story printed in a facsimile of his handwriting, each faces the same text in letterpress. Charming story about a small boy who helps out a Proud Rich Man and the Present he gives to Tommy. Faint browning to endpapers and half-title, a few fox spots on half-title, no inscriptions. A very good plus clean tight copy in very good gold and black DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 10 mm (½") missing at tail of spine, 15 mm (¾") missing at head of spine, 2 small splits to lower hinge, small chips to corners, 4 small closed edge tears, a tiny chip to lower edge of upper panel, inner flaps tarnished, still legible). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47309
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY.
- Author
- WELLS, H.G. Written and illustrated by Wells.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, George G. Harrap, 1929.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- H G Wells children's picture book
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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