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The Watersplash
by Wentworth, Patricia
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Green boards with black spine lettering. Corners and spine ends a bit rubbed and bumped, and a neat ink name to the front endpaper, else a clean and tight copy. Dust jacket price clipped, with wear at the corners and spine ends, with chipping to the spine foot, and some creasing and light wear around the edges. A good clean copy overall. First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6606
- Title
- The Watersplash
- Author
- Wentworth, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
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