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The Tale of Beatrix Potter: a Biography By Margaret Lane
by Lane, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New /Fine
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. Bottle green textured boards w/ centered black lettered title on upper quater & centered black lettered author's name on bottom quater, gilt lettering on spinestrip, top edges are matching green. Cameo portrait & broad-art jacket designed in yellow, with only the slightest edge wear is price clipped. No names or markings, frontis portrait of Beatrix Potter at 17 years, on coated stock. Four color plates & 16 b&w illustrations all of which are on coated stock. Acknowledgments, Appendix, Listing of Illustrations, 176 crisp, clean & solid pp. Excellent Personal/very possible Gift Copy. . Like New. Hardcover. Reprint. 1964.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006799
- Title
- The Tale of Beatrix Potter: a Biography By Margaret Lane
- Author
- Lane, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- POTTER, BEATRIX , 1866-1943- ENGLISH AUTHORS - BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE-ENGLAND-THE LAKE DISTRICT Literary Collections & Criticism, History, Nonfiction
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Julie's Books
Immediate shipment to buyer upon order, notification of unavailability, insured books over $50, complete refund & postage reimbursement with customer dissatisfaction, detailed book descriptions.
ships only in U.S.
About the Seller
Julie's Books
Biblio member since 2006
St. Charles, Michigan
About Julie's Books
Selling Rare & Used Fine Quality Books since 2000, satisfaction guaranteed, immediate shipping.
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...
- Edges
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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