Constable. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green bds with gilt titles and decoration, chips to bds at bottom outer edge, dulled spine and sl darkened upper, wear and sl fraying to spine ends, with 48mm split to tail of spine at front and 25mm split to back, wear/sl fraying to corners with small ink stain to top two and top corner of text block edge, darkening to text block edge, upper & lower hinge cracked, title page and map route detatched.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Lion Books PBFA (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 70650
Title: Lewis Carroll: An Illustrated Biography (Psychology/self-help)
Author: Derek Hudson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with No dust jacket as issued
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Constable
Date Published: 1982

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Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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