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MARY PLAIN IN WAR-TIME.
by RAE, Gwynedd.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Routledge, 1943.. THIRD IMPRESSION 1943, (first published August 1942), 8vo, green cloth, vignette, 125 pages, many line illustrations by Irene Williamson, a few full page. Book leaning just slightly, 25 mm (1") faded at tail of spine, remaining spine faded very slightly, pencil name erased on front endpaper, otherwise a very good clean tight copy in good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, spine browned, pale green faded on upper panel but not the printing, 25 mm (1") missing at tail of spine with a small chip extending slightly onto upper panel, small chips at head of spine and corners). Mary Plain was a real little bear in the Berne bear-pits who was brought to England. She is not usually dressed. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46877
- Title
- MARY PLAIN IN WAR-TIME.
- Author
- RAE, Gwynedd.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Routledge, 1943.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BEAR MARY PLAIN ADVENTURES IRENE WILLIAMSON YOUNG CHILDREN'S BOOK
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- Price Clipped
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Vignette
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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