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UNDER THE WINDOW
by Greenaway, Kate
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 64pp. Pictorial Boards. Full page plates and many vignette illustrations throughout the text. Not dated, 1878 First edition, First impression, with edges stained yellow, "End of Contents" on page 14 and the three illustrations on pages 21, 35 and 63 which were omitted in later editions. Cover has light rubbing and a little bit of edge wear near the spine. Dark blue endpapers; tape stain on ffep also shows on it's verso; ownership book plate on rear paste-down. Neat ownership signature on half-title. Rear hinge has a couple splits, but book is nice and solid. Interior very nice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50710
- Title
- UNDER THE WINDOW
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
Terms of Sale
Lost Horizon Bookstore
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. We do not accept overseas orders for some countries and for some large and expensive items.
About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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