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Kenneth Grahame A Biography
by Peter Green
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
NZ$29.79NZ$25.33
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About This Item
First American edition hardcover, published by World Publishing, 1959. In-depth biography of the author most well known for 'The Wind In The Willows', which also includes extensive information on the societal changes of the time. The most important of which being the collapse of a centuries old rural economy having a profound effect on the entire country.399 pages with Index, Bibliography, and Notes, 6" X 8-3/4", several black and white photos through the text. Dark blue colored cloth covered boards, with the title and author name on the spine and front cover. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not worn or bumped. Red text block top-stain does not appear to be faded. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket has only minor edge wear at the head and heel of the spine panel. Sewn binding is tight and square. This copy is not a library discard . Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23-06455
- Title
- Kenneth Grahame A Biography
- Author
- Peter Green
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- World
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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