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Worrals of the Islands: A Story of the War in the Pacific
by JOHNS, Captain W. E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
JOHNS, Captain W. E.
Worrals of the Islands: A Story of the War in the Pacific
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1948, hardback with dust wrapper GD/gd, boards dark blue/gold, colour frontispiece and illustrated title page in addition to twelve green two-tone drawings, 192 pp. Boards edge worn, grubby, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, edges of text block foxed, spots and stains to end papers. Appreciable shelf wear to wrapper (see scans), previous repairs made to inside bottom edge and front inner hinge with Sellotape, 3cm by 3cm chip to head of spine, 2.5cm closed tear to front panel, 1cm closed tear to back, now protected by acid-free archive film, price not clipped. CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, HARDBACK, CAPTAIN W. E. JOHNS, SQUADRON OFFICER JOAN WORRALS, WAR STORY 46206 CHILD'S COLL £21.00
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46206
- Title
- Worrals of the Islands
- Author
- JOHNS, Captain W. E
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 192 pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, HARDBACK, CAPTAIN W. E. JOHNS, SQUADRON OFFICER JOAN WORRALS, WAR STORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Collectable;
Terms of Sale
Daisyroots Books Ltd
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Daisyroots Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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.
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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