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Just William
by Richmal Crompton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, 1953. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. Thirty ninth impression of the first edition, originally published in 1922. Dust jacket has shelf wear with small tears top and bottom and rubbing to edges. It is price clipped. In a protective plastic wrapper. Pages are age tanned but clean. Front hinge is beginning to split but otherwise tight. Previous owner's dedication on fep dated 1953. 8vo. A nice copy of the first William book. Illustrated by Thomas Henry. 1953
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5301
- Title
- Just William
- Author
- Richmal Crompton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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