Pinocchio:. The Story of a Puppet
by Collodi, C. [Carlo Lorenzini]; Kirk, Maria L. (illus)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good. No DJ.
- Seller
-
Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1916. First Edition Thus (no additional printings indicated). Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. First Edition Thus (no additional printings indicated). Hardcover. White ink on front board very bright and clean. Gift from ___________ to his grandchildren. Overall, a rather pleasing copy with an interesting association. Light shelf/edge wear, light sunning at spine, touch of foxing at text block edges (non-penetrating), gilt toned at spine, tiny (approx. 2mm) closed tear at foredge of ffep and title page, else tight bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering, black and white ink decorative elements, teg, frontispiece. 8vo. 234pp. Illus. (color plates).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3850
- Title
- Pinocchio:. The Story of a Puppet
- Author
- Collodi, C. [Carlo Lorenzini]; Kirk, Maria L. (illus)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good. No DJ.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (no additional printings indicated)
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Children's | Illustrated/Illustrated Juvenalia
Terms of Sale
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
About Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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