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A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS...With Engravings by Baker from Designs by Billings.
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 256 pages. Original cloth binding; stamped in blind and gilt; moderate sunning to the spine and minor to moderate rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Additionally protected in a custom full leather clamshell box. First edition, first printing, of Hawthorne's first book for children, with frontispiece and six engraved plates. First printing or first issue with "lifed" for "lifted" on page 21, line 3. One of 3000 copies of this printing. Minor foxing mainly to the first several pages, and minor soiling. Without any pages being loose, one quire is slightly extruded. All edges gilt. Neat gift inscription dated 1852 on front endpaper. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018560
- Title
- A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS...With Engravings by Baker from Designs by Billings.
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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