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Pollie and Jack: A Small Story for Small People
by Early British. Hepburn, Alice [pseud: Mary Elizabeth Chevallier Boutell.]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1875 212 pgs + 24 pgs of ads. Brick red cloth with beveled edges, stamped in black and titled in gilt, light rubbing to folds and extremities, previous owner's name, tissue guard badly glued over part of the frontispiece, a few crack in the binding but holding well. An entertaining morality tale illustrated with a color frontispiece and title page plus 4 b&w plates. . First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008725
- Title
- Pollie and Jack: A Small Story for Small People
- Author
- Early British. Hepburn, Alice [pseud: Mary Elizabeth Chevallier Boutell.]
- Illustrator
- Uncredited
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Marcus Ward & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Morality Tales
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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