Down-Adown-Derry
by De La Mare,Walter (Signed Limited Edition)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine /No Jacket
- Seller
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable and Co Ltd. This is a Fine Copy of this book superbly bound in lavish Half Tan Calf over light green and brown marbled boards.Top edge of the book is in gilt and other page edges are untrimmed.produced on hand made paper.There are five raised bands to spine with gilt title lettering in the 2nd,3rd and 4th compartment to spine,other compartments with decorative gilt designs.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and the contents are lovely bright and clean without any foxing.Illustrated with three colour plates and further b&w drawings by Dorothy P Lathrop.Handsomely Bound and this book would certainly grace any bookshelf.Published in London by Constable 1922 First Limited Edition Number 106 of 325 numbered and Signed copies by Walter De La Mare.This is the nicest copy we have had in stock of this uncommon and beautifully illustrated Fairy Tale book which would make for a wonderful gift,4to 190pp 1922 . Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1st Printing. 1922.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76911
- Title
- Down-Adown-Derry
- Author
- De La Mare,Walter (Signed Limited Edition)
- Illustrator
- Dorothy P Lathrop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Constable and Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Signed Poetry Fairy Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S;
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About the Seller
Richard Thornton Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ribble Valley, Lancashire
About Richard Thornton Books
We are Lancashire based booksellers specialising in Modern First Editions,Childrens,Sporting and Military Books in Very Good to Fine condition.In addition we have two large bookrooms with over 11,000 titles.You would be most welcome to come along and browse through our stock.Please search through our inventory of books,which are at very competitive prices,and payments can be made easily through our business here in North London as we accept all Major Credit and Debit Cards as settlement.Shipping:We ship Internationally by Air-Mail 7-14 days or Surface Post delivery 3-8 weeks or within the UK either Royal Mail 24 Tracked or Royal Mail 48 Tracked.Please note that all books are fully insured at no extra cost to you the buyer,and all have return address labels applied to shipments.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
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