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Four and Twenty Toilers
by Lucas, E.V
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Edwin Dalton No date specified - circa 1900. Published by "Edwin Dalton, 48, 49 & 50 Aldersgate St., London, E.C.". Printed by the Artistic Printing Co. Manchester Ltd. Altringham. Child's book that explains and illustrates 24 trades. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, blue spine, cream-coloured pasted-on paper covers. Ninety-nine thick, numbered pages having the text and illustration for each trade side-by-side on a double page, resulting in a blank double page between each trade. Wrinkled and lightly rubbed at head of spine, rubbed and frayed at heel of spine with 5/8 inch tear. Boards rubbed along edges, darkened and smudged. Cracked at ffep and at trade 6 and 8, less so at 10, 16, and 18. Backstrip pulled away from binding. No pages loose - overall book feels fairly stable. Inscription dated 1911 in ink on ffep, pages darkened - particularly around edges - moderately smudged and thumbed, 1/2 inch closed tear at top edge of page 31, 3/4 inch subtle crease on bottom edge of page 50 near hinge, subtle crease (1 inch) on page 91 and 94, 1/2 inch closed tear on fore edge of page 91, rear endpaper lifted (2 inch) at top and bottom along spine. Overall, good. Note: heavy book.. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. Illus. by Bedford, F.D.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002837
- Title
- Four and Twenty Toilers
- Author
- Lucas, E.V
- Illustrator
- Bedford, F.D.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- Edwin Dalton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- F.D. Bedford, E.V. Lucas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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