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Take One Toad
by Ronald Searle
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dobson Books Ltd, 1968. Good/Fair. 4to. 305 x 200mm, 32 pages. Colour and line sketches by Ronald Searle. Book condition: Good, clean gilt decorated mauve boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Fair, covers could be cleaner! lacquer coating cracked at spine allowing dirt/dust beneath, rubbing to edges with repaired tears, not price-clipped. Comments: A selection of ancient health remedies depicted by Ronald Searle in his unique style of illustration.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by The Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pullet's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002694
- Title
- Take One Toad
- Author
- Ronald Searle
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dobson Books Ltd
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Pullet's Books
30 day return guarantee, for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Original shipping costs not refundable.
About the Seller
Pullet's Books
Biblio member since 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
About Pullet's Books
Private residence. Internet sales only.I specialise in Natural History, Ornithology, Local History and some walking books. Those listed represent a small proportion of my book stock and welcome search requests of other books I may hold.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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