The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Lagerlof, Selma; Howard, Velma Swanston (trans.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon, 1947. Book. Illus. by Baumhauer, H.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No indication of later printings. Boards clean with minor shelf wear. Corners gently bumped. Spine head bumped at rear corner. Binding cracked at rear hinge with webbing half-visible. Contents still very much intact, clean and unmarked. Text block toned. DJ not clipped ($5.00) toned with edges well rubbed. Minor staining. Chipped at corners, spine heel chipped with minor loss; head chipped with moderate loss. No loss of titles. Small chip at bottom edge of front panel (1") affects publisher's name..
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068502
- Title
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
- Author
- Lagerlof, Selma; Howard, Velma Swanston (trans.)
- Illustrator
- Baumhauer, H.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- JUVENILE FICTION CLASSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Juvenile;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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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...
- 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.
- 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....
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
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