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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Ruth Mary Hallock (Illustrations by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago, New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. 96 pages. Numerous b&w illustrations, including border illustrations on many pages, endpaper illustrations, 8 full page color plates. Illustration "The Rain is raining all around" is worn along the edges, a glue line mars the hinge edge of the plate and the adjoining page; the plate is firmly sewed-in. Otherwise, pages and plates are clean and the binding is tight. A color illustration is laid on the blue cloth front board with gilt titles above.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ultramarine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004483
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis; Ruth Mary Hallock (Illustrations by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- stevenson verses rhymes hallock illustrator illustrations childrens books color plates
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Ultramarine Books
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About the Seller
Ultramarine Books
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Brooklyn, New York
About Ultramarine Books
We offer used, out-of-print, scarce books in the fields of art, photography and maritime interests. Maritime includes seas, ships, sailors and anything having to do with them. We are located near Downtown Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Fort Greene. As additional service to customers we try to stay familiar with the restaurants and other goings-on around here. Just ask. Our shop is open for browsing 24/7 but on-line only. We don't have an open storefront. Who could afford the real estate?
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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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