Royal Children of English History
by Nesbit, E. (illust by Frances Brundage and M Bowley)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. First Edition. Hardcover. Ten nice Tuck illustrations -- some have come loose and have chipped edges (no images damaged). Gift inscription dated 1903. Brown textured cloth has minor wear and rubbing particularly to extremities. Gilt cover decoration bright. Spine has 1/2" hole near head and dulled lettering. All edges gilt. Endpapers a much thinner, more brittle paper than the rest of the pages. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 94 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 950370
- Title
- Royal Children of English History
- Author
- Nesbit, E. (illust by Frances Brundage and M Bowley)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Raphael Tuck & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
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Novel Ideas Books
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Decatur, Illinois
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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