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Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1890 147 pgs + ads. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, red and black; rubbing to edges and spine edges, light wear to extremities and abrasion to front cover, gift inscription, else internally clean. Contains the title story plus, Story of Prince Fairyfoot, Proud Little Grain of Wheat and Behind the White Brick. 12 detailed and wonderful b&w plates. BAL notes that this may have been preceded by a British Edition. BAL 2077. . First American Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Reginald B. Birch. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006554
- Title
- Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
- Author
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Illustrator
- Reginald B. Birch
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- fantasy, juvenile Fiction
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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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...
- 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
- 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...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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