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The Merry Hippo
by Elspeth Huxley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. Second Impression. 254 pages. Pictorial jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned, with moderate foxing to edges, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Slight crushing to spine ends. Noticeable marks overall. Forward leaning. Unclipped jacket. Noticeable tanning and foxing to all surfaces. Visible water staining overall, heaviest to spine. Panels and spine have heavy edgewear, with visible rips, chips and loss.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1668085148LSA
- Title
- The Merry Hippo
- Author
- Elspeth Huxley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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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...
- 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...
- 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....