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Tales of English Castles and Manors, for Young People
by Grierson, Elizabeth W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: A & C Black Ltd,. Hardback. First edition. Beige cloth illustrated in dark red to front and soine. Colour frontis and seven further plates by J. H. Hartley. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated cloth binding is very clean and bright with just a little softening to the heat of the spine. Dust jacket has a little edge wear and one long closed tear to the back, but is very clean and the illustrations to front and spine are bright. Some foxing to closed page edges but text and colour plates are crisp and bright. Very good copy in good+ dust jacket . Hardback. First Edition. 1931.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23153
- Title
- Tales of English Castles and Manors, for Young People
- Author
- Grierson, Elizabeth W
- Illustrator
- J. H. Hartley
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A & C Black Ltd,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Elizabeth W. Grierson,Children's literature,J. H. Hartley,Antiquarian , children's books
Terms of Sale
C L Hawley
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
We are a member of the PBFA and ibooknet -www.ibooknet.co.uk Our specialisms are academic books particularly literary criticism, literary biography, literary texts and literary and critical theory, history, plus some philosophy, psychology, politics and religion. We also stock local history books, mainly on Yorkshire. We also stock children's literature. We have a small general stock in the wider academic arts and humanities.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
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