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Achilles and the Twins
by BATES, H. E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Dennis Dobson, 1963. Book. Illus. by Carol Barker. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: illustrated in colour throughout by CAROL BARKER, dj is discoloured and lightly foxed, edges are chipped and have a few tears, price unclipped, tape marks on flaps and endpapers, colour pictorial textured boards (as dj), slight wear on the spine tips and corners, some internal foxing and light creasing, g. folio, (37pp). Achilles the Donkey has found a comfortable home and thinks he couldn't possibly want anything more - that is until he met Diana, a lady donkey who taught him to snoz..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mad Hatter Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13F358
- Title
- Achilles and the Twins
- Author
- BATES, H. E
- Illustrator
- Carol Barker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dennis Dobson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Children's & Young Adult, Picture Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Picture Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mad Hatter Books
Biblio member since 2006
Auckland
About Mad Hatter Books
We are a home based business specialising in 2nd hand and out of print children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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