Parley's Picture Book
by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gates and Stedman, 1847. Hard Cover. Good. New edition, with additions. Copyright 1834 by S.G. Goodrich. 168 p.: woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, and in-text illustrations throughout; 15 cm. Publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Gilt-stamped cover title: A Gift for a Good Child. Blind-stamped decorative border on both boards. Gift inscription on front free endpaper to Loui from Maria Trimble Davis, Cape May, 1851. Charmingly illustrated anecdotes of life in early 19th-century New England. In Good Condition: cover is stained and soiled; spine is sunned; slight loss of cloth at ends of spine; corners are rubbed; old stain at lower edge of gutter in front pages, not touching text or illustrations; light foxing. A solid copy of this very scarce Samuel G. Goodrich book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001974
- Title
- Parley's Picture Book
- Author
- Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gates and Stedman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1847
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...