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Afternoon Tea
by Sowerby, J G (John George) & Emmerson, H H (Henry Hetherington)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Nelson, 1880 Date based on institutional holdings. 64 pgs.Pictorial boards, edges worn and rubbed through, binding shaken, small marginal loss from one page, offsetting opposite illustrations else clean. Juvenile verse with lovely color artwork on every page by artists Sowerby and Emmerson. Beautifully printed by the Dalziel Brothers, Brain and Co., and Clay, Son and Taylor.. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John George Sowerby & Henry Hetherington Emmerson. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009319
- Title
- Afternoon Tea
- Author
- Sowerby, J G (John George) & Emmerson, H H (Henry Hetherington)
- Illustrator
- John George Sowerby & Henry Hetherington Emmerson
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- kites, Tea, Greenaway
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
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