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Tommy and the Lion (1st/1st 1964)
by Marek, Veronika
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Hutchinson , 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. The pages are on the whole crisp and unblemished, except for a few pages that have the odd mark or spot. Paste downs and FEPs has a touch of offset toning and the title page has a couple of very feint spots. Feels gently read. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, very good condition. Jacket some minor rubs to the top edge and light handling marks to the gloss. Some minor losses and chips to the spine ends, there is a 25mm closed tear at rear joint, however in the archival fitted cover the jacket looks very presentable. Overall a very good copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very good example of this extremely scarce first edition first printing children's title. Written and charmingly illustrated by Hungarian artist Veronika Marek, who wrote and illustrated the Boribon and Annipani adventures and the Kippkopp stories. Originally Issued in Hungary in 1962, this is the 1964 first English edition published by Hutchinson. A very scarce title and one for the collectors.
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- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004342
- Title
- Tommy and the Lion (1st/1st 1964)
- Author
- Marek, Veronika
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 44
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.88 lbs
- Keywords
- Boribon and Annipani Kippkopp General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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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