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Children's Children (Signed)
by Bone, Gertrude
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Covent Garden, London.=: Duckworth & Co, 1908. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bone, Muirhead. Edition limited to 215 copies, this being No. 141, signed by the illustrator, Muirhead Bone. Bound in paper vellum with gilt decoration and titles, bevelled edges, top edge gilt, other text block edges deckled. 272pp. Tissue guarded frontispiece and many further line drawing illustrations, some full page and vignettes, all by Muirhead Bone. Boards just a little rubbed at edges, slightly chipped on corners and a little faded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Handsome copy of a superb production, the first in a series of highly successful collaborations between Gertrude Bone (nee Dodd) and her printmaker husband, Sir Muirhead Bone. The stories reflect and illuminate English country life during the Edwardian era. 4to
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001748
- Title
- Children's Children (Signed)
- Author
- Bone, Gertrude
- Illustrator
- Bone, Muirhead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co
- Place of Publication
- Covent Garden, London.=
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- illustrated books, english national identity
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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