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THE BELL FAMILY
by Streatfeild, Noel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fair
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Collins, 1954. Book. Illus. by Shirley Hughes. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first UK edition, first printing (first impression) with 1954 to the title page as called for and no reprint statement to the copyright page. A very good plus to near fine unmarked clean copy in a just about fair priced jacket (10s. 6d), loss to the jacket at the bottom and top of the spine. Uncommon first printing..
Synopsis
NOEL STREATFEILD was born in Amberley, Sussex in 1895. Her first novel, Ballet Shoes , is her best-known book but she went on to write many well-loved books for children, including Circus Shoes which won the Carnegie Medal in 1938. In 1983 she was honoured for her contribution to children's publishing when she was awarded an OBE. She died in 1986.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007052
- Title
- THE BELL FAMILY
- Author
- Streatfeild, Noel
- Illustrator
- Shirley Hughes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- THE BELL FAMILY,FIRST EDITION,STREATFEILD, NOEL
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About the Seller
Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Copyright page
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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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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