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One Hundred Merrie & Delightsome Stories - Vol. 2 ONLY ( Volume II / V. Two )
by Douglas, Robert B
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Charles Carrington, 1899. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Lebegue. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good to possibly VG condition. VOL. 2 ONLY, paged 257- 532. No date, except Paris 1899"" on spine of binding. B/W frontis w/ intact tissue protector & b/w text plates by ""Lebegue""; Top edge of text block gilt, side & bottom edges rough-cut; color floral cloth front cover w/ tan pebble grain leather (?) corners, spine & back cover; gilt spine lettering; marbled endpapers; sewn text block; 9"" x 5.75"". Binding clean & square w/ light edge wear & a bit of spine darkening (pretty minor). Spine lettering intact & totally legible. NO bumps, scuffs or fray. Endpapers clean & unmarked. Scattered tears/ chips to margins of text, where pages were separated- not many & not severe. Text block pulled away from edge of spine, about 1"" deep (on the vertical) at endpapers, but NO hinge splits to endpapers (text & endpapers still firmly attached to each other)- good quality e/p stock. Text bright, clean & unmarked w/ little to no toning. NOT ex library. A handsome copy.
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 216
- Title
- One Hundred Merrie & Delightsome Stories - Vol. 2 ONLY ( Volume II / V. Two )
- Author
- Douglas, Robert B
- Illustrator
- Lebegue
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Carrington
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1899
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- Bumps
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- VG
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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