A Guernsey Lily, Or How the Feud Was Healed: A Story for Girls and Boys
by Susan Coolidge
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, gray-green cloth with gilt. silver and black decoration to front board and spine. 238 pages profusely illustrated in b&w by various illustrators. Endpapers feature a map of the Island of Guernsey with the author's previous books opposite. Susan Coolidge is the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835-1905) American author of children's books. Previous owner's name on blank prelim page, hinge cracked at front, binding a little shaken. Lettering on spine faded. Record # 374186
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 374186
- Title
- A Guernsey Lily, Or How the Feud Was Healed: A Story for Girls and Boys
- Author
- Susan Coolidge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction, Illustrated, , .
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.