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A Collector's Guide to 20Th-Century Toys
by Opie, James-Consulting Editor, with Chilcott, Duncan and Harris, Julia
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1555215440
- ISBN 13
- 9781555215446
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Secaucus, New York, USA: Wellfleet Books, 1991. Hardcover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Wellfleet Books, 1991. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Jacket in Good + Condition. Over 100 beautiful full color illustrations. Greenish-gray cloth binding is clean, tape marks from jacket tape on edges, upper edge sunned, spine heel has what looks like a damp stain, no stain on pages, Tight and solid sewn bonding. Jacket clean, new archival protective jacket cover--library jacket cover was removed. Internals in very nice, fine condition. A comprehensive overview of all the major collectible areas of the fascinating world of toys -- dolls, doll houses, tinplate toys, teddy bears, toy trains, toy soldiers, die-cast toys. T.V. toys. 96 pages with Advice to Collectors; Bibliography; and Index. 12 x 9.25 inches. 1991, Wellfleet Books, Secaucus, New York, USA
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 015717
- Title
- A Collector's Guide to 20Th-Century Toys
- Author
- Opie, James-Consulting Editor, with Chilcott, Duncan and Harris, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1555215440
- ISBN 13
- 9781555215446
- Publisher
- Wellfleet Books
- Place of Publication
- Secaucus, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- ANTIQUES COLLECTING COLLECTORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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