Girl's Own Annual 56
by Spratt, Gladys M. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Girl's Own Paper Office. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [1935]. Hardcover. 576 p. 28 cm. No publication or copyright date, but dated from volume number. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. Some wear to corners and edges. Spine darkened. A bit of staining and rubbing to both boards. Top edge of text block has some foxing. Previous owner's name in pencil on back side of frontispiece. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked with light toning. Dustwrapper has heavy wear to top edge and tail of spine, with paper loss at both spine ends and upper corners. Some creases, small stains, and edge tears. Spine darkened. White rear panel and folds have foxing. Not price-clipped. A scarce copy in dustjacket. Packed with stories, poetry, articles, interviews, crafts and activities for girls. Four full-colour plates. Issued since 1880 by the Religious Tract Society as an annual compilation of the Girl's Own Paper, this is one of the last of this series, which stopped publication in 1940 due to the war paper shortage. Will require extra postage due to weight. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1246
- Title
- Girl's Own Annual 56
- Author
- Spratt, Gladys M. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Girl's Own Paper Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1935]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Annuals; Children''s - Annuals;
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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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...
- 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...
- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....