Folk Tales of the Borders
by Petrie, Winifred M. (Barbara Gray, illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD-
- Seller
-
Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. VERY GOOD-. Tight, bright, clean and square. Slight softening to spine ends and cover corners. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 208 pages. Folk tales from the region bordered by England through the Cheviot Hills and Southern Hills of Scotland to Edinburgh with a frontispiece map showing the places mentioned in the stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4-7P010
- Title
- Folk Tales of the Borders
- Author
- Petrie, Winifred M. (Barbara Gray, illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Cheviot Hills
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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Bethel, Connecticut
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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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.