Jackanapes; Daddy Darwin's Dovecot; Lob Lie-By-The- Fire
by Ewing, Juliana Horatia; Caldecott, Randolph (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: SPCK. Hardcover. Very Good. Randolph Caldecott. SPCK, London. Undated. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. No date but possibly First Edition of 1884. Green pictorial cloth boards and bright gilt lettering to spine. Binding firm with light bumping to corners and spine ends. Slight scuffing to surfaces. Content clean and bright with occasional small mark. Top edge gilt. Minor spotting to fore and bottom edges. Frontis colour plate half detached. Slightly cracked in several places. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 184 pages. All books are individually described.
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- Bookseller
- Soin2Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000693
- Title
- Jackanapes; Daddy Darwin's Dovecot; Lob Lie-By-The- Fire
- Author
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia; Caldecott, Randolph (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Randolph Caldecott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 184
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