Bull and Brass
by John Foley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1958 Beautiful Ardizzone wrapround dustjacket, still bright and tight, but worn and chipped at spine extremities,open tears at top corners, minute chips from bottom corners. Very bright,clean boards, foxed on edges, few very faint fox marks on front pastedown, rear flypaper and flaps of jacket. Neat owner name in ink on ffep.168pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First.. Maroon boards, Gilt Type. Good/Fair. Illus. by Edward Ardizzone. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Matilda Mary's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001773
- Title
- Bull and Brass
- Author
- John Foley
- Illustrator
- Edward Ardizzone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- WAR OFFICE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography/Biography; Politics;
Terms of Sale
Matilda Mary's Books
30 day return guarantee: full refund including shipping costs,for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged, upon receipt of book returned to seller in original wrapping, in condition in which it was sent.
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About the Seller
Matilda Mary's Books
Biblio member since 2008
Portishead , Somerset
About Matilda Mary's Books
I have a mixed stock of many subjects - a lifetime collection of my own books-for example:food,cookery,children's books,local history,West Country interest-I think the word is "eclectic"-a little bit of everything! See my list of catalogues. Many books in my stock are now out of print. I am always happy to send a scan of book, or discuss with you any book, which might be of interest to you. Just email me at pmmorris@btinternet.com.As UK is no longer in the EU, if ordering from UK to a European country, you may be asked to pay Import Duty to your Customs Authority upon receipt of your book.
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
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