Constable & Co 1924. FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, x + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor folding/creasing to some page edges, sl occasional cracking to gutters)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 322898
Title: Something Childish, and Other Stories
Author: MANSFIELD, KATHERINE
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Constable & Co 1924
Keywords: modern first editions New Zealand literature fiction short stories collection Katherine Mansfield

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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