The Laughter of Peterkin. "A Retelling of Old Tales of the Celtic Wonderland". Drawings by Sunderland Rollinson
by MACLEOD, Fiona [SHARP, William]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.. First edition, 8vo, (ii), 288, (4 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates plus a few vignette illustrations, endpapers browned, contemporary bookplate and a small, more recent bookseller's label to the foot of the paste down, W.H. Smith blind stamp to the fly leaf and half title. Original gilt titled decorative cloth, spine slightly browned and rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36593
- Title
- The Laughter of Peterkin. "A Retelling of Old Tales of the Celtic Wonderland". Drawings by Sunderland Rollinson
- Author
- MACLEOD, Fiona [SHARP, William]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Archibald Constable & Co.
- Date Published
- 1897.
- Keywords
- Children's / Illustrated
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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