The Nursery Rhyme Book
by Lang, Andrew (Editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1897. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8" X 6. L. Leslie Brooke. Preface. Decorative ep's in green and white by Brooke. Contents are divided thus: I - Historical, II - Literal and Scholastic, III - Tales, IV - Proverbs, V - Songs, VI - Riddles and Paradoxes, VII - Charms and Lullabies, VIII - Gaffers and Gammers, IX - Games, X - Jingles, XI - Love and Matrimony, XII - Natural History, XIII - Accumulative Stories, XIV - Relics, Notes, Index of First Lines. 288 pp. Frontispiece: Little Bo-Peep. 108 illustrations by Brooke. Book is shaken, extremities bumped and scuffed, partial (4 3/4") separation of spine at rear top hinge, book is cocked, wonderfully clean, has no loose pages. Boards have black and gilt text, cameo of 'An old woman who lived under a hill ' in colour on front panel. Horizontal and vertical text on front panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 082358.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002358
- Title
- The Nursery Rhyme Book
- Author
- Lang, Andrew (Editor)
- Illustrator
- L. Leslie Brooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 8" X 6
- Keywords
- NURSERY RHYMES
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...