The Crew of the Water Wagtail
by Ballantyne, R.M
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Nisbet Ex-Library. Poor. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. London James Nisbet & Company N.D. VG-/NONE. Red pictorial cloth, illustrations on front board, edges a little rubbed, tal and head worn, pages beginning to sperate from cloth. clean and tight, undated but the 20, 000 edition, 1st edition. SCARCE. ; 8vo. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover. Color fading on spine. ex-lib with stamp and easton library bookplate..
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Details
- Seller
- krokodile books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000317
- Title
- The Crew of the Water Wagtail
- Author
- Ballantyne, R.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nisbet
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
krokodile books
Biblio member since 2009
chorleywood, Hertfordshire
About krokodile books
Krokodile Books is a specialist bookseller
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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