John Goodchild Publishers, 1984-07-26. First Thus. Hardcover. VG/VG/VG. SOLD HARDBACK ""RARELY AVAILABLE,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1984* Publisher: John Goodchild Publishers.* Binding and cover condition: Mid blue cloth, gilt title to spine and face. Lower front corner bumped, no rubs, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper by Gordon King in clear protective cover. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £6.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 218 pp. text.* Description: It is wartime and Dimsie, now married to Dr Peter Gilmour, is helping him with her herb medicines. Her young assistant from Springdale School, Anne Willoughby, is turned down for call-up because she isn?t quite well enough. Staying to help Dimsie with the herbs is fun, of course, but not the dramatic war service Anne dreams off. But despite this, adventure finds the two of them when they get involved in a spy drama centred on the Secret base in the hills above Dimsie?s home in the West of Scotland.* A NEAR FINE copy, 1st. thus with only minor faults reducing it to VG.* 0

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3806
Title: Dimsie Carries on
Author: Bruce, Dorita Fairlie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/VG
Edition: First Thus
ISBN 10: 0863910394
ISBN 13: 9780863910395
Publisher: John Goodchild Publishers
Place of Publication: Wendover
Date Published: 1984-07-26
Pages: 256
Keywords: Fiction, Children's Books
X weight: g

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Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
A.N.: The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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