Down-Adown-Derry - a book of Fairy Poems
by De La Mare, Walter (illus Dorothy P. Lathrop)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Constable & Co, London, 1922, 1st edition. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Gilt illustration to front board, no dustwrapper. 10.25ins x 7ins, viii, 193pp plus 3 colour plates (as listed). Also 61 black and white illustrations within the text. Front hinge cracked. Some foxing - with first and last few pages being worst affected. A little rubbed to edge of spine. G+
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- Missing Books (GB)
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- 50624
- Title
- Down-Adown-Derry - a book of Fairy Poems
- Author
- De La Mare, Walter (illus Dorothy P. Lathrop)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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...
- 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....