THE GIANT-KILLER
by A.L.O.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1856. [TUCKER, Charlotte Maria]. THE GIANT-KILLER; Or, The Battle Which All Must Fight. By A.L.O.E. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1856. 16mo., pictorial red cloth, stamped in gilt with a angel wielding a sword and shield. First Edition? While the author is listed as A.L.O.E. (which stands for A Lady Of England), the author is actually Charlotte Maria Tucker. A christian allegory for children. Good (spine bit cocked and hole in cloth on spine near title, ink presentation front endpaper). $75.00.
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- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123
- Title
- THE GIANT-KILLER
- Author
- A.L.O.E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1856
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Antic Hay Books
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
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