The Phoenix And The Carpet
by E. Nesbit
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, 1926. Hardcover. Good. 1926. Eighth Impression. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Some page corners folded. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces.
Synopsis
It's startling enough to have a Phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it tells you you have a magic carpet on the floor! In this popular sequel to Five Children and It , the Phoenix accompanies the children on their adventures throughout time and space.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705598673LEE
- Title
- The Phoenix And The Carpet
- Author
- E. Nesbit
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- 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....
- 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...