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Little Joe and His Strawberry Plant
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
J. P. Skelly & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1871. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 85 pp. Last five pages and rear free endpapers scribbled in pencil. Front free endpapers and frontispiece is missing. Slight foxing typical of age. One steel engraved plate at page 72. Outer cover red cloth with medallion of publisher's initials on front and rear covers. Gold gilt on spine is mostly worn. The story was first published in England in 1867. The original 1867 version lists the other children's stories mentioned on the title page and identifies the author as Edis Serle. No other copy of this 1871 Philadelphia version has been found on the internet.
Extended Description and Notes
A quite rare children's story from 1860s in England.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100229
- Title
- Little Joe and His Strawberry Plant
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth covers embossed in black on covers and spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge loose.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. P. Skelly & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1871
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's literature;
- Size
- 4 X 6 1/4
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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.
About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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- 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...
- Plate
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
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