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 | Cross, Odo (illustrated by John Minton) | |
THE SNAIL THAT CLIMBED THE EIFFEL TOWER and other stories | ||
Publisher: John Lehmann, London, 1947, 1st edn., 86pp, coloured frontis and 7 coloured plates, line ills. in text and at endpapers, all by John Minton,
Description: large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial paper covered boards backed at spine with blue cloth with black title panel lettered in gilt, matching design wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, six short stories,
Faults: edges tanned, light foxing to free endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at extrems., chip at head of spine repaired to reverse, light foxing and tanning mainly at spine and folds,
Weight: 350 grams*
General condition and price: very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper, £240.00
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18 November 2007 |
* Footnote: 1000 grams = 2.2 pounds
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