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The Khaki Boys and Other Stories
by Angela Brazil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$63.07NZ$47.29
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About This Item
The Khaki Boys and Other Stories by Angela Brazil
Hardback, year unstated but appears to be from 1923 (with gift inscription dated 1924) and believed to be first edition, contains a number of black and white illustrations and a coloured frontispiece, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., London, 122 pages
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/4" by 5" by 3/4". No dust jacket. Pale blue cloth binding, pictorial black and white detail and black lettering to spine, black detail to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding, heavy discolouration and wear to spine with tear across centre. Signs of shelf-wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. A little slackness to binding but book contents quite firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit foxed. Some marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some marking, thumbing and foxing to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-115
- Title
- The Khaki Boys and Other Stories
- Author
- Angela Brazil
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 122
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction; Children's; Adventure; Antiquarian
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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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