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Tomboys at the Abbey (The Abbey School series)
by Oxenham, Elsie J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 256pp. Red cloth-covered boards, black series titles and design on front, black titles on spine. Top text block edge sprayed red. 12mo. Light rubbed spine ends. Fore and bottom text block edges heavily tanned, starting to fox. Two small annotations on front free endpapers, endpapers starting to fox and tan. Front hinge strained, volume still tight. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022554
- Title
- Tomboys at the Abbey (The Abbey School series)
- Author
- Oxenham, Elsie J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Schoolgirl Stories, Vintage Children's Books, Abbey School series, Series Books
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Glossary
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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