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Poems of Childhood (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)
by Field, Eugene; Parrish, Maxfield (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Parrish, Maxfield. One of a lovely series of classic books for young readers illustrated by famous artists of the day, each with a colorful paper pastedown to the front board. These have recently been reissued, making these original editions more highly collectible, particularly when they contain color plates, like this one, which is illustrated by one of the leading artists of the Art Nouveau movement, Maxfield Parrish. Besides the Title Page, there are 8 color plates throughout the 199 pages of text, all intact & virtually flawless (1 has chipping at both outer corners). Hardcover book has black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine (completely faded) & colorful front pastedown. Condition is conservatively VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages off-white with a shadow of age-appropriate tanning around edges, else unmarked. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover & address label on ffep; minor rubbing to extremities & slightly bumped corners. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015075
- Title
- Poems of Childhood (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)
- Author
- Field, Eugene; Parrish, Maxfield (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Parrish, Maxfield
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN YA ADVENTURE CLASSIC FICTION COLLECTIBLE COLLECTOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fiction; Nonfiction; Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature; Poetry";
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Glossary
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- 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.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
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