Walt Disney's Sketch Book
by DISNEY, Walt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG-
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG-. 1st Edition. 23.8 x29.7 cm oatmeal cloth boards with black titles to the front. Pictorial endpapers, unpaginated with 12 tipped in coloured plates each with captioned tissue guards. The book comes in its original unclipped dust jacket priced at 15/- net. A lovely copy, with just a hint of toning to small areas of the spine matching loss to the jacket. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. All the plates and there captioned tissue-guards are in excellent condition and there are one or two very light handling marks only. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is dust stained with rubbing to the edges. It has losses to the spine of 2cm at the head, 1.5cm in the middle and a smaller 3mm chip at the foot. There is minor loss to the corners and a closed tear of 4cm on the top edge of the front panel. There are also three further closed tears of 1-1.5 cm on the edges. All in all an excellent first edition copy of this book that was not published in the USA until 55 years later. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201877
- Title
- Walt Disney's Sketch Book
- Author
- DISNEY, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Film|Illustrated|Childrens
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Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tipped In
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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