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Edward The Blue Engine
by AWDRY, Rev W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/G++
- Seller
-
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edmund Ward, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/G++. DALBY, Reginald C.. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. 14.5 x 10.8cm. Original pale blue cloth boards with gilt stamped vignette and titles to the front, 62(1)pp plus (1) publisher's list of railway series books, of which this is the last listed, and includes 30 full page colour illustrations by Reginald C. Dalby. Together with original dust jacket clipped at the front but unclipped at the rear and having a 4/6 price. The back panel lists 9 books from the 'Truth in a Tale' series. The boards are very good plus with just a hint of fading to the spine slightly, more so at the tips. Internally, there is an ownership name on the front free endpaper but otherwise the pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a clear removable cover (not shown in our images), is dust stained and has a toned mark on the rear panel and has some loss to the spine tips and corners. There is a little chipping and toning along the top edge and three tears of 1-2 cm along the top edge of the back panel that have associated creasing, and one of 1cm on the bottom edge of the front panel. All in all a very nice 1st Edition 1st Impression of the 9th book in the Railway Series, in a reasonable jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201178
- Title
- Edward The Blue Engine
- Author
- AWDRY, Rev W
- Illustrator
- DALBY, Reginald C.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/G++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Edmund Ward
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Railway|Illustrated|Childrens
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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