The Circus is Coming
by Streatfeild, Noel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Dent, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. 314 pages. Publisher's original red binding with silver lettering (and vignette of a sea lion) to the spine. Black and white text illustrations by Steven Spurrier. The publisher's note at the front of the book explains why these appear as sketches rather than finished artwork. (Later editions had a different illustrator). About VG wear to spine ends and small splits to the top of the spine (which is rubbed to the edges). There is a triangle cut out from the top right-hand corner of the front free end-paper. No foxing, no inscriptions. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490722736
- Title
- The Circus is Coming
- Author
- Streatfeild, Noel
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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....