Childhood
by HUNTER, CECILIA BULL and CAROLINE OGDEN. Verses By BURGES JOHNSON
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Cecilia Bull Hunter and Caroline Ogden. Quarto. Tan cloth with gilt frames and decoration to front board and spine; sepia-toned photogravure mounted to front board, top-edge gilt. Illustrated with 21 sepia-toned tipped-in photogravures. Some pages unopened. Negligible faint shelfwear to the cloth at the outer edges of the boards and spine; a few faint scratches to the rear board. A touch of rubbing to the edges of the plate on the front board. Otherwise fine.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21937
- Title
- Childhood
- Author
- HUNTER, CECILIA BULL and CAROLINE OGDEN. Verses By BURGES JOHNSON
- Illustrator
- Cecilia Bull Hunter and Caroline Ogden
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Childhood; Photography; Children; Babies
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Unopened
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- Plate
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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