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Poems of Childhood
by Field, Eugene. Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with pictorial pastedown rubbed, worn on points with loss lower spine and rubbing to gilt. front hinge cracked, scattered foxing. All eight Maxfield Parrish color illustrations present with no tearing or markings although final illustration pretty much detached. ; MCF04454; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pp .
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- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41454
- Title
- Poems of Childhood
- Author
- Field, Eugene. Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish
- Illustrator
- Maxfield Parrish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Childrens Poetry Poems Maxfield Parrish Anthology Illustrated Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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