Waybent
by Badcock, J. C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1954. 1st Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wetherbee, Margaret. 178pp. A first edition copy in wrapper. ( 1954). Illustrated with numeorus woodcuts at the head and tail of each chapter. Bound in green cloth with gilt embossed lettering to the spine. There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine and light bumps to two board corners. There is also some scattered staining to the spine strip, concealed under the wrapper. Light foxing to the fore edges and end papes. There is a small biro R to the top corner of the front end paper and to the top corner of the front panel of the wrapper. Clean and tight. Dust rpaper is not price clipped and is in a fully reversible plastic sleeve. There are small chips to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with the slightest of loss also to the corners of the wrapper. Light stains and foxing to the rear panel of the wrapper. A very good copy in a good plus wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225936
- Title
- Waybent
- Author
- Badcock, J. C
- Illustrator
- Wetherbee, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Green Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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