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The Tale of Alain
by Ormondroyd, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Fair Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing, 1960 94pp. Complete Number line. Boards have a slight bend.Top tip of front endpaper has a light stain. Spine ends are bumped. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Edges of jacket have creases, small tears, chipping and is missing small pieces. Jacket is sunned with correlating toning to the inside of the jacket. Top edge of jacket has a few closed tears. Lower edge of jacket has a closed tear. Spine edges and flap folds are rubbed. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair Jacket. Illus. by Frankenberg, Robert.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32325
- Title
- The Tale of Alain
- Author
- Ormondroyd, Edward
- Illustrator
- Frankenberg, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Fair Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Follett Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
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- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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