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Grandmother's Garden
by Rexford, Eben E
- Used
- good
- hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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South Haven, Michigan
Item Price
$150.00
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1887. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Spaulding, Mary Cecilia. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1887. Olive green cloth covered boards with brighter green leaf design and black title on gilt rectangle that still has shine. Beveled boards are worn through the cloth at the top and bottom spine edges and the tips of the front corners. Front board is soiled especially around the edges. Rear board is very lightly soiled. Gilt page edges still have a lot of shine. Card stock weight pages show foxing throughout. Each page, including title page, has a sketch of flowers with a poem, and each page is covered by an attached tissue. Nine plates including the title page. Each sketch is in a different color.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Spaulding, Mary Cecilia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030632
- Title
- Grandmother's Garden
- Author
- Rexford, Eben E
- Illustrator
- Spaulding, Mary Cecilia
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Rare, Collectible, Poetry, Flower Sketches
- Bookseller catalogs
- Abe;
Terms of Sale
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Black River Books
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About Black River Books
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- 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... [More]
- soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted... [More]
- 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... [More]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]
- 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.... [More]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a... [More]
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