Robins In The Abbey
by Oxenham, Elsie J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
UK: Collins, 1947. Bound in the publishers finely woven green cloth hard covers with silver title lettering to spine and front board. The 256 pages remain in very good, clean condition with two discreet ownership inscriptions to front end papers. Three charming black and white illustrations by Margaret Horder one of which is the frontispiece. Book sits square and solid. Housed in a later Collins Standard Series Dustwrapper which is in a fragile state with chipping and tears but is still largely intact. Placed in a plastic archival sleeve to preseve its condition. The photograph supplied is a picture of the book and dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Margaret Horder. FIRST EDITION.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000345
- Title
- Robins In The Abbey
- Author
- Oxenham, Elsie J
- Illustrator
- Margaret Horder
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
The Rare Book Shelf
Biblio member since 2005
Herefordshire
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...