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A Day in a Child's Life
by Greenaway, Kate (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, c1881. Undated but presumed first edition. Hardback. 29pp. Green cloth spine over pale green boards with floral design. No jacket. Illustrations and decorations by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster (Organist at the Foundling Hospital). Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Book in fair condition. Ex reference library book. Boards generally soiled and rubbed with some edge wear. Printed bookplate of Newport Reference Libraries to front paste down. Small library sticker to rear free end paper and occasional small blind stamp. Some cracking at gutter. All pages present. Occasional minor soiling and a little very light spotting here and there.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307392
- Title
- A Day in a Child's Life
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1881
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Ariadne 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 or you are unhappy with it for any reason.
About the Seller
Ariadne Books
Biblio member since 2018
Eynsham, Oxfordshire
About Ariadne Books
We carry a broad selection of books but specialise in Small Press Books, Books printed by Letterpress, Signed First Editions, Nature & Natural History, Illustrated Books, Interesting Antiquarian Books. We love our books and we're always happy to provide detailed information or specific photographs etc. on request. Although we work from private premises we are delighted when clients call by appointment. If you have nice books for sale please let us know.
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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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