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The House of Arden
by E. Nesbit
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 244 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over illustrated cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Mild tanning to pages and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Minor tanning to text block edges. Boards have light rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket with areas of loss to edges and spine. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. In two pieces and fair foxing to interior.
Synopsis
Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children’s works were published under the name E. Nesbit. Born in London, she became active in politics, and in 1884 helped to found the Fabian Society. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, her best known including The Railway Children and The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Several of her books have been made into films.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1631015701MHP
- Title
- The House of Arden
- Author
- E. Nesbit
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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