George's Marvellous Medicine
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. Cover: blue cloth on boards with gilt titles. Thin ex-bookcover residue line to head & foot of boards edges. Light bumping to head & foot of spine and to boards fore corners. Edges: mild foxing. Thin ex-bookcover residue line to some of the fep & half-title page bottom edge; name to half-title page. Missing ffep. Clean content. Binding is As New. 96p Dj: shelf-sunned. light rubbing and few only scratches. Ex-bookcover residue line to head & bottom edges.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Quentin Blake.
Synopsis
In this popular Dahl story, George creates a very special medicine to cure his grandma of her nasty habits. Great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036301
- Title
- George's Marvellous Medicine
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction > Childrens Literature;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
About the Seller
BOOKMARK Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Auckland
About BOOKMARK Ltd
BOOK.MARK carries a large inventory of most subjects, the majority of which are not listed on the Net.Open 7 days.Shop has a great atmospere and plenty of memorabilia and curios to add to the pleasures of browsing the shelves.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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