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The Batsford Book of Stories in Verse for Children
by Causley, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713415266
- ISBN 13
- 9780713415261
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0713415266 . Dark blue boards with bright gilt to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is price-clipped and has slight discolouration to the top inner edge. The base colour to the spine is negligibly faded but all lettering is still bright and clear. Otherwise No Inscriptions or other Marks. 135 pp. Stirringly IIlustrated in b/w by Charles Keeping. Overall, apart from minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Fine' copy. " An ecclectic collection of poems where every one conveys a stirring tale for children." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110715
- Title
- The Batsford Book of Stories in Verse for Children
- Author
- Causley, Charles
- Illustrator
- Charles Keeping
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713415266
- ISBN 13
- 9780713415261
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0713415266, Charles Causley; The Batsford Book Of Stories In Verse For Children;, Charles Keeping; Children's Verse; Emily Bronte; John Masefield; William , Morris; W.B. Yeats; Sir Walter Scott; Ted Hughes;, Philip Larkin; Robert Graves; Christopher H
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Fiction; Poetry/War Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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