The Beacon Literary Readers: Book Four: Argosy
by J Compton (Ed)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$11.71NZ$9.37
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About This Item
London: Ginn and Company Ltd Book. Illus. by E Nicholson. Fair. Decorated Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated volume, presumed first edition. Fourth of the series of five books providing a progressive introduction to literature for children. Collection of 29 items, with questions for discussion and further thought after each. 256pp, illustrated throughout in black and white. Cream board binding, decorated with red winged horses, is somewhat stained and grubby. Bumping to corners, edges and spine, page edges tanned, foxing to endpapers and previous owner's nameand address inside front cover..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000845
- Title
- The Beacon Literary Readers: Book Four: Argosy
- Author
- J Compton (Ed)
- Illustrator
- E Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ginn and Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Collectable Books;
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Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Fair
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