William and the Brains Trust
by Richmal Crompton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Newnes Ltd., 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1956. Sixth Impression. 252 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and moderate sunning to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1639400717ADA
- Title
- William and the Brains Trust
- Author
- Richmal Crompton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1956
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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,...