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Strangers at the Farm School
by Josephine Elder
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Children's Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with silver lettering and design. Includes bookmark on 'How to Open a New Book'. Pages are moderately tanned with progression to edges and mild foxing throughout. Small folds to some pages. Minor cracking to upper front hinge. Mild tanning band and moderate foxing to end papers. Moderate foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate fold to upper corner of rear board. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has pronounced forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild tanning all over. Light rubbing and marking all over. Faint foxing to inside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689342959GEO
- Title
- Strangers at the Farm School
- Author
- Josephine Elder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Children's Press
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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