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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson.
by RACKHAM, Arthur: CARROLL, Lewis:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, William Heinemann, Ballantyne Press, (1907) 1st edition. Hardback, Approx 8 x 6 inches. Rebound in half morocco green leather with original green cloth covers, with gilt “Griffon and Mock-Turtle” design to front. Pictorial green endpapers. In good condition. Some minor fading to spine, some rubbing and bumps to corners. A few marks and lightened on rear cloth board. Inside some foxing throughout. Plates are all clean and bright, all with titled tissue guards. Binding nice and tight. Else a good clean and tight first edition copy. 162pp. Complete With 13 full-page colour plates, and many b&w illustrations, full-page and within text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94811
- Title
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur: CARROLL, Lewis:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, William Heinemann, Ballantyne Press, (1907) 1st edition
- Keywords
- Childrens RACKHAM, Arthur, CARROLL, LEWIS:, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, With a Proem by Austin Dobson, William Heinemann, 1907, first edition, 1st, colour plates, illustrated, illustrations, leather binding
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About the Seller
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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