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The Story of A Puppet Or The Adventures Of Pinocchio
by C. Collodi
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
T Fisher Unwin, 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. 1st English Edition. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cream cloth. From 'The Children's Library' series. Translated from Italian by M A Murray. Illustrated in b&w by C Mazzanti. Decorative textblock edges. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout with heavier foxing to front endpapers. Heavy thumb-marking present throughout with notable staining to several pages. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding has weakened but remains intact. Rear endpaper missing. Tissue guard tanned. Front free endpaper loosening but attached. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Prominent split to upper front joint and considerable fraying and notable loss to cloth at spine ends. Brown spotting to boards. The spine is notably tanned. The book has a marked forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705494475ADA
- Title
- The Story of A Puppet Or The Adventures Of Pinocchio
- Author
- C. Collodi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1892
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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