HELEN'S BABIES
by Habberton, John 06e
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- GOOD-VG book, no DJ. Clean book. NEAR FINE text.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Jamieson Higgins. GOOD-VG book, no DJ. Clean book. NEAR FINE text.. (1902). REPRINT.. Hardcover. GOOD to VG book, no D/J. Coarse green cloth with gilt author title lettering. Pictorial cover & spine of two little children. . "Dec 25, 1902" neatly inked inside cover. Edges & extrems with minor wear. There is no half title page. The title page reads: "A ROUND ROBIN STORIES for CHILDREN by Mary Hartwell Catherwood Alfred Henry Lewis - Kate Upson Clark - Garrett Newkirk - Peter Dunne, etc. etc. Chicago Jamieson Higgins Co". There is no mention of Habberton or Helen's Babies anywhere inside the book. There are 15 separate stories, each with a full page b/w plate, an engraved initial and tailpiece. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003338
- Title
- HELEN'S BABIES
- Author
- Habberton, John 06e
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD-VG book, no DJ. Clean book. NEAR FINE text.
- Edition
- REPRINT.
- Publisher
- Jamieson Higgins
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- (1902)
- Keywords
- GOOD to VG book, no D/J. Coarse green cloth with gilt author title, lettering. Pictorial cover & spine of two little children., 06f, fjbb
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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