THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD or adventures in Kensington Gardens
by Barrie, J.M. 07d
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG book, no DJ. Kensington map @ p150. FAE. 7.5"x5". 349pp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Scribner's. VG book, no DJ. Kensington map @ p150. FAE. 7.5"x5". 349pp.. 1902. FAE. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Gilt lettered & decorated blue/green cloth. TEG Bkplt inside, NYT Saturday Review blurb inside back cover. . NEAR FINE text block. Inner hinge paper of upper hinge cracked. Few foxed spots inside covers, on the fore edge of the text block, and front margin of just a few leaves. But for these flaws a FINE text block. Also, it tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. With the interesting bkplt of the Tabard Inn Library. This book is not EX LIBRARY of any kind. Wikipedia explains how that is so in their artical on the Tabard Inn Library. This book's bkplt is shown in the Wikipedia artical. Please call for the details. Few cover flaws. Scuffed (not worn) extrems. Two dime size dark spots on the upper board. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001976
- Title
- THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD or adventures in Kensington Gardens
- Author
- Barrie, J.M. 07d
- Illustrator
- Kensington Gardens map @p150
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, no DJ. Kensington map @ p150. FAE. 7.5"x5". 349pp.
- Edition
- FAE
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VG book, no DJ. Gilt lettered & decorated blue/green cloth. TEG Bkplt, inside, NYT Saturday Review blurb inside back cover.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....