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WILLIE WINKIE The Tale of a Wooden Horse
by Golding, Harry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Book. Illus. by Margaret Tarrant. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo (12 x 15.5cm). No date (c. 1930s) but glazed boards suggest a later reprint and slightly larger format than first edition; this edition with 24 colour plates by Margaret Tarrant. Original boards with some general wear and rubbing, backstrip missing but spine carefully reglued (with conservation grade PVA) and remains strong and tight. Contents good, original patterned end papers, front end paper with a few pencil marks and some scribbling in red to the blank side of the first plate otherwise contents clean; all 24 plates present and in good condition, paper to front internal hinge cracked but hinge remains strong. A good only copy. Part of the Little Wonder Book Series.
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029681
- Title
- WILLIE WINKIE The Tale of a Wooden Horse
- Author
- Golding, Harry
- Illustrator
- Margaret Tarrant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo (12 x 15.5cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics & Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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