Droll Doings.: Illustrations by Harry B. Neilson, with verses by the Cockiolly Bird
by NEILSON, Harry B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richelieu, France
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son Limited, [1900]. First edition, circa 1900. Illustrated hardback and red cloth spine binding. Some marking to the boards and rubbing to the edges. fraying to the top and bottom of the spine cloth. Front board is cracked but still holding. Inside, the pages are sound, but with some finger stains to them. Amusing children's verses and colour illustrations. 66 pages. 315 x 255 mm (12½ x 10 inches).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2851
- Title
- Droll Doings.
- Author
- NEILSON, Harry B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1900]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's, illustrated, cats, animals, anthropomorphic
Terms of Sale
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may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Biblio member since 2019
Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...