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My Prague Pig, and Other Stories for Children
by Baring Gould, S. [Sabine]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Skeffington & Son, 1890. First Edition . Half Morocco Over Cloth. Near Fine. 7 1/4" Tall. Frontispiece. 101 Pp + 1 P. Publisher's Catalog On Verso Of Last Page. Half Brown Morocco With Morocco Tips, Over Pink Cloth, Marbled Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Silk Marker Bound In. Slight Loss At Ends Of Joints, Professional Refreshed Morocco Now Near Fine, Contents Fine, No Names Or Marks. A Quite Scarce Children's Book, Only 7 Copies Identified In Institutional Holdings Noted In Worldcat.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026125
- Title
- My Prague Pig, and Other Stories for Children
- Author
- Baring Gould, S. [Sabine]
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco Over Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Skeffington & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 7 1/4" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1851 -1900; Rare And Unusual Books; Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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