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The Golden Flower. Chrysanthemum. Verses by Edith M. Thomas, Richard Henry Stoddard, Alice Ward Bailey, Celia Thaxter, Kate Upson Clark, Louis Carroll, Margaret Deland, Robert Browning, & Oliver Wendell Holmes. Collected, arranged and embellished with original designs by F. Schuyler Mathews
by Mathews, F. Schuyler (Illustrations by James Callowhill; Sidney Callowhill; Alois Lunzer; F. Schuyler Mathews.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: L. Prang & Co. 1890. (4to) Very good in near fine dust jacket. Bound in rose cloth and yellow india silk with a stunning design in gilt and colors, and in a near fine rose cloth covered dust jacket. Textured gilt patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, printed one-side on heavy coated stock (excepting a few preliminary pages), 18 poems with artistic borders and 15 chromolithographs. The front inner hinge has been repaired, one tissueguard is wrinkled and has a corner tear, the bottom corner of the front cover has a small bump and the cloth dust jacket is unevenly faded. The book presents as near fine. Also included is the publisher's 4-page brochure for fine art books for the 1890-91 season. Illustrations by James Callowhill, Sidney Callowhill, Alois Lunzer & F. Schuyler Mathews. . Suitable as a gift. (Poetry, Botanical Illustration, Chrysanthemums, Flowers).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138316
- Title
- The Golden Flower. Chrysanthemum. Verses by Edith M. Thomas, Richard Henry Stoddard, Alice Ward Bailey, Celia Thaxter, Kate Upson Clark, Louis Carroll, Margaret Deland, Robert Browning, & Oliver Wendell Holmes. Collected, arranged and embellished with original designs by F. Schuyler Mathews
- Author
- Mathews, F. Schuyler (Illustrations by James Callowhill; Sidney Callowhill; Alois Lunzer; F. Schuyler Mathews.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- L. Prang & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- Poetry, Botanical Illustration, Chrysanthemums, Flowers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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...
- Fine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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