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The Balloonatics
by Alan Morris; W.F. MacNeece Foster [fwd.]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091009405
- ISBN 13
- 9780091009403
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jarrolds, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. London: Jarrolds, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; [xii], 212pp. Map endpapers, with photos and diagrams internally. Photographic green dust jacket with 30s net / £1.75 price intact; book in light blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a few tiny nicks, some toning and smudging to back, and some scuffs down joints. Some spotted fading to top edges of boards. Opens easily between gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9734
- Title
- The Balloonatics
- Author
- Alan Morris; W.F. MacNeece Foster [fwd.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091009405
- ISBN 13
- 9780091009403
- Publisher
- Jarrolds
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
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