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The Baby's Opera: A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses; The Music by the Earliest Masters.
by Walter Crane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London; New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. "Printed in Great Britain" is added at bottom of title page. Reprint edition by Warne circa 1900, originally published by George Routledge in 1877. Square 12mo, illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth backstrip. Red page edges, 56 pages, full-page color illustrations and color illustrations throughout on pages of musical notation. Condition: VERY GOOD: light rubbing around edges, corners slightly bumped and just starting to be exposed, tiny spot on top page edge, endpapers have very light and faint foxing, internally clean and tight - a nice copy of this charming book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17861
- Title
- The Baby's Opera: A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses; The Music by the Earliest Masters.
- Author
- Walter Crane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London; New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, NURSERY RHYMES, PICTURE BOOKS, MUSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
Bygone Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bygone Books
Biblio member since 2004
Bluffton, South Carolina
About Bygone Books
A closed shop of fine used and collectible books with specialties in Literature, Children's, Domestic Arts, Decorative Arts, and Great Britain.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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