TRUE STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
by Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell] "by author of Chickseed without Chickweed etc
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Darton & Co. 2nd edition., 1856 approx.. Hardcover. Good. Coloured plates [8] with light blue tissue paper to each plate. . 16mo green embossed cloth with gilt to front cover and with blind stamping to spine and lower cover (head & foot of spine with 3mm wear, corners of covers similarly worn). Coloured frontispiece + titlepage + contents leaf + 16 pages to each of the eight parts. The contents page lists the pages from 1 to 113. Each of the sections has a colour plate facing the first page of each story and numbered at the top margin, 1 to 16 for each story. Margins at foot of pages however are paginated throughout from page 1 to 128. The reddish-brown front endpaper has a neat inscription "Florence Cotton A prize for general improvement. Hamilton House Christmas 1862". Some pages are a little tanned - mainly to blank verso of the plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J71369
- Title
- TRUE STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
- Author
- Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell] "by author of Chickseed without Chickweed etc
- Illustrator
- Coloured plates [8] with light blue tissue paper to each plate.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Darton & Co. 2nd edition.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856 approx.
- Keywords
- childrens stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books and Pop-Ups;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....