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Hermy: The Story of a Little Girl
by Mrs Molesworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
£11.99£8.99
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About This Item
Hermy: The Story of a Little Girl by Mrs Molesworth, illustrated by Lewis Baumer
Hardback, 1898, first edition, illustrated, published by W. R. Chambers, Ltd, London & Edinburgh, 248 pages with 32-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 1/2" by 1 1/4". Sky blue cloth binding, black and gilt lettering and pictorial detail to front board spine, black pictorial detail to rear board. Marking and scuffing to binding, though it has largely retained its colouring and the lettering and pictorial detail is still quite visible, if a little faded. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Tear to lower end of front outer hinge, a little tearing to spine. Slackness to binding, cracking to front inner hinge, some strain to textblock, though holding. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Some marking and foxing to endpapers, prize-giving inscription from 1899 on verso of front free endpaper. Some marking to page surfaces but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-613
- Title
- Hermy: The Story of a Little Girl
- Author
- Mrs Molesworth
- Illustrator
- Lewis Baumer
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. R. Chambers, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London & Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- 248+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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