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Piccino and Other Child Stories
by Hodgson Burnett, Frances
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Olive green cover, gold/orange decorations on front and spine, 203 pages plus 16 pages of ads. Rubbed along edges, surface rubbed, mild smudging on front, backstrip pulled away from binding at head of spine. Binding paper lifting on front paste-down, tear (1.5 inch) at hinge and previous owner's name in ink on ffep, cracked at rear paste-down but binding tight. Pages darkened but clean throughout. Overall, very good. Note: heavy book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. Illus. by Birch, Reginald B.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002195
- Title
- Piccino and Other Child Stories
- Author
- Hodgson Burnett, Frances
- Illustrator
- Birch, Reginald B.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, Reginald B. Birch
- Bookseller catalogs
- Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
Lindenlea Books
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
We are located in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), and started selling books online in 2009. We offer a wide range of topics, with a focus on signed modern Canadian first editions. Please feel free to contact us by email if you have a question regarding any of our books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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