Cat Scouts
by POPE, Jessie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Blackie and Son Ltd, nd(1912) 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-. WAIN Louis. 1st Edition. 17.7 x 25 cm khaki cloth backed grey cloth board with a paste down picture to the front. Pictorial endpapers, unpaginated (48pp) with bright full colour illustrations throughout. The boards are somewhat rubbed particularly on the edges and fore edge corners. The rear board has a 8.5 x 7 cm stain to the rear. The cloth spine is very good with only a little rubbing at the bottom. The pictorial pastedown is a little rubbed and stained. The free endpapers are slightly toned and there is a crease to the top corner of the front free endpaper. Internally, the book is very good with bright colour illustrations to every page. There is a gift inscription dated Christmas 1914/15 to the recto of the frontispiece the occasional light handling mark and a repaired closed tear of 1.5cm to the bottom edge of the third leaf. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201123
- Title
- Cat Scouts
- Author
- POPE, Jessie
- Illustrator
- WAIN Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie and Son Ltd
- Date Published
- nd(1912) 1912
- Keywords
- Childrens|Illustrated|Cats
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Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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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...
- Fore Edge
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- Spine
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.