The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Lagerlof, Selma; Velma Swanston Howard (Translator) and Harold H. Baumhauer(Illustrattions)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1963. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 5th Printing Thus of this nice reprint edition. In blue pictorial boards with silver type and illustration. Top page ends tinted blue. Some light pigment loss to boards and wear to corners and spine ends with nick at heel. A couple pen strike outs to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Price-clipped jacket with two inch arcing tear from bottom of front flap crease onto front panel. Edgwear and nicks with a few short tears. Still nice and bright. Scarce in jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB005910SL
- Title
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
- Author
- Lagerlof, Selma; Velma Swanston Howard (Translator) and Harold H. Baumhauer(Illustrattions)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scandinavian Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.