Charlie Asgarde: The Story of a Friendship
by St. Johnston, Alfred; Thomson, Hugh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Cover image by Hugh Thomson. Hardcover, full green cloth with black spine and cover images and gilt lettering, Macmillan emblem stamped in black on rear cover, black clay-coated endpapers, 7-3/8" tall, 265 pp. + publisher's ads, illustrated with 12 plates by Hugh Thomson (the frontispiece is incorrectly listed in the List of Illustrations as appearing at p. 201.) Tips and spine ends slightly turned in and rubbed, a few blisters to the cloth, one of which appears on the chest of the rightmost figure and which has caused moderate rubbing at that point, owner's inscription to reverse of free front endpaper. The first book illustrated by Hugh Thomson. His style this early in his career is much closer to Randolph Caldecott and magazine work than to his own later "Cranford School" style. This book marks a key first appearance not only in publishers' bindings but also in book illustration. Rarely found in such beautiful condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002716
- Title
- Charlie Asgarde: The Story of a Friendship
- Author
- St. Johnston, Alfred; Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1884
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
Biblio member since 2005
Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...