The Calendar of Nature; Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons
by Aikin, John (1747-1822)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Warrington [England]: W. Eyres, for J. Johnson, 1784. Scarce first edition [1784] of this work written for children. Three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettered red spine label, addiional spine decoration in gilt, vii, [2], 2-82, [1], [1p. publisher's ad]. Covers heavily worn and rubbed, lower spine end chipped, joints chipped and covers holding by cords, text block sound, large chip front front free endpaper, lower corners of final two text pages creased, pages lightly age-toned but clean, rear free endpaper absent.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027860
- Title
- The Calendar of Nature; Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons
- Author
- Aikin, John (1747-1822)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Eyres, for J. Johnson
- Place of Publication
- Warrington [England]
- Date Published
- 1784
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- JUVENILE ENTERTAINMENT JOHN AIKIN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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