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The Heroes
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0460050583
- ISBN 13
- 9780460050586
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J M Dent & Sons Limited, 1970. Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kiddell-Monroe, Joan. ixpp; 210pp. A lovely copy of this book by Charles Kingsely, being a 1970 reprint of the 1965 illustrated edtiion and No 58 in the Children's Illustrated Classics series. Bound in original decorative cloth boards and illustrated with 4 full page colour plates as called for and numerous line drawings throughout the text. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine. One corner is slightly bumped. Former owners name to the head of the half title page in red biro. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped. There is some rubbing and creasing to the ehad adn tail fo the spine of the wrapper and a little shelf wear to the wrapper edges, most noticeable to the top front corner of the wrapper. Slight tear to the tail of the wrapper, expertly repaired. No loss. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221785
- Title
- The Heroes
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Illustrator
- Kiddell-Monroe, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0460050583
- ISBN 13
- 9780460050586
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Sons Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- X weight
- 20 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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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