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Jessica's first prayer
by (STRETTON, Hesba)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Religious Tract Society Book. Good. Hardcover. No Date. Hardback: 6 b/w plates + text illustrations, green cloth with gilt title panel on front, a few spots on front and spine, some rubbing, flyleaf removed and front hinge has been re-glued, name on front endpaper, some foxing and a few other spots, g. small 12mo (155x125mm), 92pp + 4pp lists of similar titles. Hesba Stretton is the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (1832-1911). This copy is probably an early reprint..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mad Hatter Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09K210
- Title
- Jessica's first prayer
- Author
- (STRETTON, Hesba)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- No Date
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Children's & Young Adult.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's; Children's - Decorative Binding;
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About the Seller
Mad Hatter Books
Biblio member since 2006
Auckland
About Mad Hatter Books
We are a home based business specialising in 2nd hand and out of print children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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