Dennis Dobson, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. First Published in GB. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Janusz Grabianski. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is dulled. Slight sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Price sticker to front.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1711619474IEV
Title: The Big Book of Wild Animals
Author: Margaret Green
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Dennis Dobson
Date Published: 1964

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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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...