Fireside Pleasures for Young and Old
by Thomas W. Handford (Ed)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Mammoth Publishing, 1894. In blue cloth covers with woman in silver and lettering in gilt on front cover and silver and gilt with black lettering on rear cover. Two chromolithographs . Intact but very loose binding. Bumping and rubbing of ends of spine and corners. Moderate to heavy shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004180
- Title
- Fireside Pleasures for Young and Old
- Author
- Thomas W. Handford (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Mammoth Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Children Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children Stories;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...