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The Honey Boat
by Polly Burroughs
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1968. First Edition. 43 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with black lettering over matching boards. Illustrated by Garrett Price. Library binding sticker to jacket. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Paperclip rust marks to front endpaper and half title page. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with tanning to spine and board edges. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Minor tanning to spine and edges, with staining and soiling to DJ.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1700152797LEE
- Title
- The Honey Boat
- Author
- Polly Burroughs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
Wob sells rare and collectable books on behalf of charities. Our team of booksellers are happy to deal with any enquiries and aim to provide same-day dispatch for all orders.
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- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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