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The Mouse And His Child
by Hoban Russell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber And Faber, 1969. Book. Illus. by Hoban Lillian. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - Ex Library With Usual Stamps And Marks. Illustrated - Line Drawing. Faint Cocking. Page Edges Foxed. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titled Spine - Slight Edge Wear And Sun Fading To Top And Bottom Spine. Unclipped Jacket With Slight Rubbing And Minor Missing Nicks..
Synopsis
"An Avon Camelot Book."
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Details
- Seller
- M and P Books PBFA member
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 008362
- Title
- The Mouse And His Child
- Author
- Hoban Russell
- Illustrator
- Hoban Lillian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Faber And Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Childrens Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
M and P Books PBFA member
Biblio member since 2010
Buxton, Derbyshire
About M and P Books PBFA member
Trader dealing on internet and at local Bookfairs in the North West/Norh East and Midlands area of the U.K. General stock of 1300 internet listings. Please note that we do not receive personal callers at Mansfield without prior appointment.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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