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Older Mousie
by Golden Gorse [Muriel Wace]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Country Life , 1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Lionel Edwards . Second impression of this children's tale by Golden Gorse and Lionel Edwards, enclosed in its scarce dust wrapper. First edition, second impression of this children's tale, following the adventures of Mousie the Exmoor Pony. Written by Muriel Wace under pseudonym Golden Gorse. Illustrated with plates drawn by Lionel Edwards. Complete with its vanishingly scarce, unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over paper covered boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Upper corner front free endpaper was excised. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly sunned to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Few minor spots to fore edge, not affecting pages that remain bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 837A49
- Title
- Older Mousie
- Author
- Golden Gorse [Muriel Wace]
- Illustrator
- Lionel Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Country Life
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- golden gorse mousie children's books illustrated mousie
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Shelf Wear
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- Fine
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- 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....
- Fore Edge
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