The Wild Heart
by Helen Griffiths
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson of London, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. First Edition. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Victor G. Ambrus. Clean pages with light tanning and notable foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Minor wear to lower edge of last page. Upper text block edge dust marked. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable staining to front board. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear, chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Notable rubbing and marking all over. Some surface tears to spine. Slight water staining to reverse of front panel.
Reviews
On Dec 4 2017, a reader said:
I read this book when I was a child (many decades ago) and I will never, ever forget it. It played a part in what I am and what I feel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709289359ALK
- Title
- The Wild Heart
- Author
- Helen Griffiths
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Date Published
- 1963
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- 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.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...