The Wolf That Never Sleeps: A Story of Baden-Powell
by Marguerite de Beaumont
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Girl Guides Association, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1966. Reprint. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Light tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Water staining to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1659013203ADA
- Title
- The Wolf That Never Sleeps: A Story of Baden-Powell
- Author
- Marguerite de Beaumont
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Girl Guides Association
- Date Published
- 1966
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.