United Kingdom: Frederick Warne & Co. Poor. 1943. Hardcover. READING COPY - A undated good hardcover in somewhat soiled brown boards bumped/rubbed to the spine ends/corners, a bookplate (from West Bridgend School dated 1943) affixed to the front paste-down, foxed endpapers and quite tanned pages tanned/lightly foxed to the text-block edges. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 60x40 .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 49582
Title: The Secret Shore: An Adventure Story
Author: Le Pla, Lillie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Poor
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 1943
Bookseller catalogs: General Fiction;

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About The Old Bookshelf

Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Poor: A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...