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AUNT LOUISA'S GOLDEN GIFT. London Toy Books.
by [ VALENTINE, Laura (Jewry) ]. Aunt Louisa.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Warne and Co., (1880).. Circa 1880, 4to, 270 x 230 mm, 10½ x 9 mm, green cloth, illustrated gilt and black, lettered gilt upper cover and spine, 24 pages of large print text with small decorative motifs. 24 very attractive colour plates designed by M. Tilsley. Each plate is divided in 2 parts vertically within gilt border, the larger section (2/3) is printed on gilt ground. Plates and text pages printed 1 side only. Contains Little Dame Crump; Hush-a-Bye Baby; Childhood's Delight; and Tottie's Nursery Rhymes. Expertly recased with matching cloth spine, original backstrip laid down, corners slightly worn, tiny chip to cloth at top edge of upper board, a few marks to cloth on lower board. Tiny tear to margin of 1st plate, repaired, rear endpaper slightly frayed at edges. A very good plus copy. Osborne II,689. The book is made up of numbers 66, 67, 68 and 69 of Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47280
- Title
- AUNT LOUISA'S GOLDEN GIFT. London Toy Books.
- Author
- [ VALENTINE, Laura (Jewry) ]. Aunt Louisa.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Warne and Co., (1880).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Aunt Louisa London Toy Books nursery rhymes toybooks children toys M. Tilsey
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- 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...
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- A.N.
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- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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