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The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann Wyss
- Used
- hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
Item Price:
US$21.77
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About This Item
Treasure, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations, with colour plates. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly warped. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.
Synopsis
The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family who are shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 1571648491DAP
- Title
- The Swiss Family Robinson
- Author
- Johann Wyss
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Treasure
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....[more]
- 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...[more]
- 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...[more]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
- 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...[more]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]
- shelf wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...[more]
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