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PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since October 17, 2013
True first British printing with original clipped jacket. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, numerous tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, few marks, minor foxing, (quite) large patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), pushing/bumping to corners, a little patchy browning, creasing/rubbing/tears to front/back inner flaps, is a little fragile and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with light crease to spine (book has been read), minor pushing/bumping to corners), the odd small mark, odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Odd small mark/minor foxing to end-papers. Pages little tanned. Previous owner's name, location and date in pen to front end-paper. Odd small marks/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 008425
Title: The Case of the Four Friends : First printing
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London, United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Subtitled : A diversion in pre-detection by the author of 'An Oxford Tragedy'. Black boards with (little faded) gold lettering to spine are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, light crease to spine (book has been read), a few small marks, the odd bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are a bit tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Light crease to top corner of a few pages. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. Previous owner's name and partial address in pencil to front end-paper. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 009370
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