London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. First Edition, First Impression . Decorative Cloth. Fair. 1866 First edition, first impression. Size 16mo, 220 pages including index. Green cloth with ornate blind border decoration to covers, gilt title vignette to front cover and gilt title and fairy vignette to the spine. Condition fair, corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, backstrip come away from the text block, first and last gatherings detached but present, previous owner's name to front end-paper, a few light spots to some pages else contents generally clean. With extra engraved title page, frontispiece, ornate chapter headings etc. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

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Bookseller: Lazarus Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015439
Title: Fairy Know-A-Bit, Or, A Nutshell of Knowledge
Author: A. L. O. E. (Charlotte Tucker)
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1866
Keywords: NON FICTION KNOWLEDGE

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Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Gatherings: A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
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...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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....
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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