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When We Were Very Young
by A A Milne
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1954 Book. Illus. by E H Shepard. Fair. Blue Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of children's verse first published in 1924, including 'Buckingham Palace' and 'Teddy Bear'. 99pp. illustrated with the original black and white drawings by E H Shepard. Gilt drawings of Christopher Robin and Pooh to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Slightly musty volume with some bumping to spine and corners, top edges soiled, endpaper missing corner and former owner's name and ink mark to half title page, otherwise fair copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014970
- Title
- When We Were Very Young
- Author
- A A Milne
- Illustrator
- E H Shepard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
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