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Beautiful Stories About Children from Dickens Retold for Boys and Girls By His Granddaughter and Others
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company No date. The copyright page says 1898 and there is no statement of edition or printing. But the advertisement for other Winston books on the back face of the dust jacket suggests a date on or after 1928. Red cloth-covered boards with white lettering and illustration affixed to the front board. 242 numbered pages, including numerous illustrations. One leaf has a corner crease. The spine lettering is scuffed. Otherwise near fine. The dust jacket has a 3" by 4" piece missing on the front face and a 1" square chip at the spine tail. Soiled and torn elsewhere. Now in new Brodart removable dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003839
- Title
- Beautiful Stories About Children from Dickens Retold for Boys and Girls By His Granddaughter and Others
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
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- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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