Flight of Fancy
by Riddell, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1951. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. 256pp. 1951. First U.S. editon. 8vo. sized. A very good, clean, tight copy. Original publisher's burgundy cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptioins. No dust jacket. Upper edge dyed pink/red as called for. A number of lovely photographic reproductions of life and landscape of Bali amongst other places. A light stain with tide-mark about 5cm x 2.5cm to the upper fore-edge in no way affecting the margins of the pages themselves. The lower two board corners bumped. Some oxidising/toning to the word 'flight' to the spine. Slight marking to the rear board. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240401
- Title
- Flight of Fancy
- Author
- Riddell, James
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.