The City Adventures of Marmalade Jim [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by SILLITOE, Alan
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1967. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Signed bookplate loosely laid in. Octavo (28cm); pictorial covers titled in black on the cover and spine; unpaginated;mild foxing throughout text, mostly to endpapers; Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket.
Author's first children's book. "Few farmyard cats are better at catching mice and butterflies than Marmalade Jim. But when he finds himself alone, and hungry, in the middle of the dangerous city, it's another matter, especially when he comes against Dustbin Dan and his scratch-faced mob of desperadoes, the Alley Cat Gang." (from the publisher).
Author's first children's book. "Few farmyard cats are better at catching mice and butterflies than Marmalade Jim. But when he finds himself alone, and hungry, in the middle of the dangerous city, it's another matter, especially when he comes against Dustbin Dan and his scratch-faced mob of desperadoes, the Alley Cat Gang." (from the publisher).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54043
- Title
- The City Adventures of Marmalade Jim [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- SILLITOE, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...