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Forrester's Boys' and Girls' Magazine and Fireside Companion; Volume IX., Jauary to June, 1852, and Volume X. July to December, 1852 (two volumes bound as one)
by Forrester Mark, editor
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Willaiam Guild & Co, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 192 + 188 (380 total). Frontispiece plates of the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Clifton Suspension Bridge. A good, clean copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing through at the corners, front hinge broken, but still holding, back hinge cracked, back strip chipped at both ends, the internal binding tight, paper lightly yellowed and clean.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11591
- Title
- Forrester's Boys' and Girls' Magazine and Fireside Companion; Volume IX., Jauary to June, 1852, and Volume X. July to December, 1852 (two volumes bound as one)
- Author
- Forrester Mark, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Willaiam Guild & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Children; Juvenile Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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