Loraine and the Little People
by Gordon, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago. Rand Mcnally and Co. 1915. Bound in red cloth over boards with pictorial cover plate to front cover. Square 12mo. First Edition. Illustrated with 16 fabulous plates of fairies in colour and 17 in black and white by M.T. (Penny) Ross. Small bookplate to front pastedown. The mildest of rubbing to corners. Tiny discoloration to spine. A Fine, tight, bright copy of this exceedingly rare phantasmagoria of fairies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7897
- Title
- Loraine and the Little People
- Author
- Gordon, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Bound in red cloth over boards with pictorial cover plate to front cover.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand Mcnally and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago.
- Date Published
- 1915.
- Size
- Square 12mo.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...