The Boy Who Was Afraid
by Sperry, Armstrong
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Bodley Head, 1950 8vo. original blue boards gilt (binding a little sunned & marked, slight offsetting and spotting, one corner turned, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 92, with illustrations. A very good copy. Newberry Award winner.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010857
- Title
- The Boy Who Was Afraid
- Author
- Sperry, Armstrong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Armstrong Sperry Polynesia Boy Who Was Afraid
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...