POEMS FOR CHILDREN.
by DE LA MARE, WALTER.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Constable, 1930.. FIRST EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER 1930. 8vo, blue fine grained cloth, pretty gilt vignette to upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 264 pages. No illustrations. A touch of rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners, a near Fine copy in a very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 3 very short closed edge tears, tiny nicks to top and bottom of hinges and folds, neatly repaired on reverse, 1 tiny closed tear to middle of spine). 20 of the poems appear here for the first time in book form and of those, several had not been printed before. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44492
- Title
- POEMS FOR CHILDREN.
- Author
- DE LA MARE, WALTER.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Constable, 1930.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poems poetry for children walter de la mare
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
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- Spine
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- Vignette
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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