A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY The Story of Three Wise Men
by William J Locke and illustrations W W Lendon:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Lane The Bodley Head London 1922 Vg (no dj, clean blue cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine, black ruled border and lettering on front board, boards in very good condition, only very lightly rubbed head and tail of spine and tips of bottom corners, pages very crisp and tight with no marks or inscriptions, there is scattered light foxing throughout the text and scattered brown foxing outside edges) large octavo unpaginated. Second edition. Six excellent clean bright colour plates and 2 line drawings in the text.
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- Bookseller
- lobstabooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55986
- Title
- A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY The Story of Three Wise Men
- Author
- William J Locke and illustrations W W Lendon:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head London 1922
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About the Seller
lobstabooks
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theberton suffolk
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...