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The Wild Pigs; A Story for Little People
by Gerald Young
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1899, 2nd Edition. 8vo, pp131 illustrated throughout in b/w by W. Parkinson. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original green cloth binding with gilt design of said pig to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. A little shelf wear to top and tail of spine and tips of the bevelled boards, otherwise in very good condition. inside front free end paper partly stuck to paste down, all pages in very good/clean condition although the hinge has cracked p69 but binding still holding well. A lovely copy of this "A thrilling story of porcine life, manners, and morals" and "long may the family live to 'rout', to 'snout' and to 'snoozle'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000276
- Title
- The Wild Pigs; A Story for Little People
- Author
- Gerald Young
- Illustrator
- W. Parkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Swan Sonnenschein & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
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
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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