Journeys Through Bookland: A Carefully Coordinated Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature
by Charles H. Sylvester
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- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The United Educators Inc, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 339 pages. No dust jacket. Grey and white paper covered boards. Laminated boards. Book has a smoky odour. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Water staining to textblock edges. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks overall.
Synopsis
Journeys Through Bookland , published in 1901 by Bellows-Reeve Company, contains 10 volumes of poems, myths, Bible stories, fairy tales, and excerpts from children's novels, as well as a guide to the series. It has been lauded as ‘a new and original plan for reading, applied to the world’s best literature for children.’
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1666701675EMB
- Title
- Journeys Through Bookland: A Carefully Coordinated Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature
- Author
- Charles H. Sylvester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The United Educators Inc
- Date Published
- 1959
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.