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THE ORIGINAL POEMS AND OTHERS
by Taylor, Ann & Jane and Adelaide O'Keeffe. Lucas, Ev
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
United Kingdom: Wells Gardner Darton & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good presumed Centenary Edition hardcover, with no dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards with ornate gilt, green and white decoration. Gilt titles bright. Top edge gilt. Spine ends and corners bumped and lightly rubbed. Some very light foxing to fore-edge and tail. Internally, previous bookseller's note on edition and price ('15/-') neatly pencilled to front pastedown and endpaper. Clean, bright pages with some very light foxing to prelims. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59526
- Title
- THE ORIGINAL POEMS AND OTHERS
- Author
- Taylor, Ann & Jane and Adelaide O'Keeffe. Lucas, Ev
- Illustrator
- F D Bedford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Wells Gardner Darton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Poetry, Children's
Terms of Sale
The Old Bookshelf
We work hard to make sure that every book is carefully examined and the condition is individually and accurately described. Each of our books is very carefully packaged to ensure that it arrives at its new home in the condition that it left the shop. In the event of a problem please contact us within 14 days of receipt to discuss how we can best rectify the situation.
About the Seller
The Old Bookshelf
Biblio member since 2005
Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
About The Old Bookshelf
Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016
Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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...
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