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THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
by QUAYLE, Eric.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Studio Vista, 1971.. FIRST EDITION 1971, 4to, 305 x 220 mm, 12 x 8¾ inches, navy blue cloth gilt, index, 144 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. An excellent general introduction to the subject well illustrated from the author's own collection. No inscriptions, very slight fading to top and bottom edges of covers, a near Fine clean copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine and on corners, tiny chip to surface at foot of upper hinge). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46223
- Title
- THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
- Author
- QUAYLE, Eric.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Studio Vista, 1971.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collecting children's books history boys' books incunabula reference
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- First Edition
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- Tail
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
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