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William and A.R.P.
by Richmal Crompton
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Newnes Limited, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Rear hinge cracked. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to rear joint. Heavy sunning to spine, with minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1700476664DPB
- Title
- William and A.R.P.
- Author
- Richmal Crompton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes Limited
- Date Published
- 1939
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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