The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin; with the Lamentation of Jenny Wren; the Sparrow's Apprehension; and the Cuckoo's Punishment
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Pa: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "Being a sequel to the courtship, marriage, and pic-nic dinner of Robin Red-Breast and Jenny Wren." 16 p.: frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of engraved plates; 12 cm. Original plain salmon paper over paste boards. Half-title: The Burial of Cock Robin. The frontispiece and last plate are mounted on the inside of covers (as issued?). Rosenbach, 616; Checklist American Imprints, 2nd series (Shoemaker), 5013. In Very Good Condition: 3 cm. paper lacking at tail of spine; first and last leaves separated along hinges; upper corner of a few leaves slightly chipped; otherwise clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001246
- Title
- The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin; with the Lamentation of Jenny Wren; the Sparrow's Apprehension; and the Cuckoo's Punishment
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Benjamin Warner
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Date Published
- 1821
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...