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The Village Watch-Tower
Kate Douglass Wiggin
1895
Gay and Bird : London
8" by 5"
[8], 230, 32pp
SUMMARY
The uncommon first UK edition of this lovely novel by eighteenth century American writer Kate Douglas Wiggin.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Uncommon
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 19.99
EU Postage: £ 15.99
European Postage: £ 16.99
Asia Postage: £ 21.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99
DESCRIPTION
First UK edition of The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Wiggin in the original publisher's cloth binding.
Also published in America by Houghton Mifflin the same year.
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American author and educator. She mostly wrote children's stories, and is best known for 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).
Includes thirty two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.
Prior owner's ink inscription from 1896 to the first free endpaper.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities Prior owner's ink inscription from 1896 to the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Near Fine
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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