Ant and Bee and the Secret
by BANNER, Angela
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kaye and Ward Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 1st Edition. 12.3 x 10 cm pictorial boards, 77(3)pp with colour illustrations throughout. In original unclipped jacket priced at 7s net 35p. A touch of rubbing to the spine tips and corners only. Internally clean but with a named bookplate on the front paste down. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is somewhat rubbed on the spine tips, corners and edges with a little surface abrasion, and minimal loss to the corners and spine tips. There is also a small drip mark on the front flap. First Edition Ant and Bee books are difficult to find particularly with their original dust jackets. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201802
- Title
- Ant and Bee and the Secret
- Author
- BANNER, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Kaye and Ward Ltd
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Education|Childrens|Illustrated
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Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- VG+/VG-
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...