Theo & Matilda by BILLINGTON Rachel
- Bookseller: Ming Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: un99243
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Edition: First UK Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: MacMillan
- Place: London
- Date published: 1990
Description
London: MacMillan, 1990. 343pp. D.j. bumped at head & tail. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper (the late Nicholas Barker M.P.) Cover illustration by Glynn Boyd-Harte.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
tail : The heel of the spine.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
bumped : 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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