Touchdown to Adventure
by Ward S. Leslie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kingfisher Books, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 184 pages. Pictorial jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages are mildly tanned, with heavy foxing to edges and endpapes, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket. Noticeable tanning and heavy foxing to all surfaces. Panels have light edgewear, with small tears, chips and creases, heavier to spine ends. Moderate marking to exterior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1675064612MHP
- Title
- Touchdown to Adventure
- Author
- Ward S. Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kingfisher Books
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Plate
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- Jacket
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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....