London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1954. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Good/No Jacket. 1954 First edition, first impression. Size quarto, 256 pages including index. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and bands to the spine. Condition good, ex-library with number to base of spine, labels to front paste-down and end-paper and stamp to lower margin of title page and edge of text block, no other markings. Corners hinges and spine ends rubbed, hinges cracked, contents very clean. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall

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Seller: Lazarus Books Limited (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 016146
Title: English Children's Books 1600 to 1900
Author: Percy Muir
Format/Binding: Cloth Bound Boards
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: NON FICTION BOOKS COLLECTING CHILDREN'S JUVENILE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BIBLIOPHILE BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCE LISTINGS

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Lazarus Books Limited

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Lazarus Books Limited

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Blackpool, Lancashire

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About Lazarus Books Limited

We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.

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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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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....
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
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...
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,...