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The Wind in the Willows
by Grahame, Kenneth; Illustrations by Arthur Rackham; Introduction by A.A. Milne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Gilt stamped blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 190pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book has mild soil to boards, hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, mild soil to front endpapers otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbing and soil, rear panel has small boomerang shaped hole in middle, now in archival mylar wrap.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B53010
- Title
- The Wind in the Willows
- Author
- Grahame, Kenneth; Illustrations by Arthur Rackham; Introduction by A.A. Milne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Children's Books
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Common Crow Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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