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A Pad in the Straw
de Christopher Woodforde
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 347.16EUR 312.44
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Sobre este artículo
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Yunge-Bateman. An excellent example of the first edition of Christopher Woodforde's collection of ghost stories and horrifying tales for children. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.In the vein of the tales of M. R. James, this is a wonderful collection of twenty antiquarian ghost stories for children.The Encyclopaedia of Fantasy identifies this as the earliest recognised collection of children's ghost stories.The dust wrapper is designed by John Yunge-Bateman, who is also responsible for the small number of vignette illustrations throughout the work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with light fading to back strip. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper front wrap in exceptional condition, with rear wrap lightly age toned to perimeters. Two minor chips to back strip tail, with three closed tears to back strip head, and a further significant closed tear to head of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 892F58
- Título
- A Pad in the Straw
- Autor
- Christopher Woodforde
- Ilustrador
- Yunge-Bateman
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- children's ghost stories ghost stories m r james ghost stories
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
