London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1908. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Condition: Fair to good, covers and spine have general light shelfwear. Binding sound, although pages 55-58 are loose. Occasional light foxing to endpapers and within text. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown together with inscription from the previous owner to a friend, dated 1953. 258pp. 8 b/w plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003318
Title: The Peacock's Pleasaunce
Author: Boyle, Eleanor Vere (E.V.B.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: John Lane, the Bodley Head
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1908
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: PEACOCK
Bookseller catalogs: Horticulture/Gardening;

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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...
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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...
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...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...