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JACKDAW OF RHEIMS
by INGOLDSBY, THOMAS (ill Charles Folkard)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON : GAY & HANCOCK , 1913 . FIRST EDITION . VG . Folio . Bound in deep blue beveled cloth with gilt design on front cover. Twelve very nicely reproduced mounted plates by Charles Folkard as well as many black and white vignettes. Captioned tissue guards. TEG. Corners and spine tips frayed, some marks on cover, spine darkened. Quite an impressive production.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502
- Title
- JACKDAW OF RHEIMS
- Author
- INGOLDSBY, THOMAS (ill Charles Folkard)
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- GAY & HANCOCK
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1913
- Pages
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Children's and Illustrated
Terms of Sale
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Safe delivery guaranteed. All books returnable for any or no reason within 30 days of receipt. If misdescribed we will pay return postage.
About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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