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BELINDA BEATS THE BAND by Awdrey, Rev. W
- Bookseller: Grandmahawk's Eyrie
 (AU)
- Seller Inventory #: GHE0008884
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good-
- Jacket condition: Good
- Illustrator: Kenney, John
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Brockhampton Press
- Place: Leicester
- Date published: 1961
Description
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1961 HB, yellow boards in pictorial DJ, col frontis plus 3 col plates & b/w ills, VG-/G, 96pp, Price clipped DJ has general creasing to edges and small tears to spine ends, edges and corners, now protected in archival film, colours vibrant. Book has light sunning to top edgeof cover, light rubbing to edges and bumps to corners, inside has small bookseller sticker to fep, minor age toning to edges of txt blk, a slight lean to spine, else clean and tight with no markings. By the author of thomas the Tank Engine, this is the second adventure of belinda, the little 3 wheeled car. A scarce title. 320g when packed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. Illus. by Kenney, John . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Bumps : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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