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Penny
by Torrey, Marjorie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover (illustrated Board). Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Marjorie Torrey. This the illustrations of the end pages, the coloured plates and the black-and-white drawings within the text have all been created by the author. 1/4 green coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated boards with yellow coloured titles. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for underlying boards, with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The adventures of a small girl who went to stay with her aunt for the summer, and how after a rocky start she made many friends – including her aunt. First published in 1948 in Britain. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners – the underlying board is visible. Light tanning and faint foxing of the text block edges. Some sunning of the panels with offset tanning and foxing of the end pages. A few foxing spots to the pages. The dustwrapper is in awful shape – please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and the top inch and the lower inch and 1/2 of the back strip are missing stop there is a piece missing to the top rear dustwrapper panel measuring 3" x 0.5"; but, the biggest damage is the lower quarter of the back strip is completely missing – again please see photograph. The remains of the dustwrapper are rubbed, somewhat creased, sunned and foxed. The dustwrapper edges show creasing and tears ranging in size from 0.25" to 2 inches. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 11 - 106, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Marjorie Torrey. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Illustration; Inventory No: 0286874. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0286874
- Title
- Penny
- Author
- Torrey, Marjorie
- Illustrator
- Marjorie Torrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (illustrated Board)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Illustrated children's book, vacation, adventure Children; Illustration; Marjorie Torrey Unbranded Torrey, Marjorie Penny
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
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