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NIBS.
by JAMES, Grace. Illustrated by Mary Gardiner.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Frederick Muller, 1951.. FIRST EDITION 1951, 8vo, blue boards, black lettered, 191 pages. 28 line drawings in the text by Gardiner. Tiny faded strip at tail of spine, neat ink name on front endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, a very good plus clean copy in VG DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, spine slightly faded, blue lettering on spine faint, very slight wear and minute chips at corners, very small closed tear at lower corner of upper panel, another tiny closed tear on upper hinge, corners and tears neatly mended on reverse with clear tape). First published as a serial in Collins Magazine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42592
- Title
- NIBS.
- Author
- JAMES, Grace. Illustrated by Mary Gardiner.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Frederick Muller, 1951.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's fiction novel holidays
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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