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Madam How and Lady Why or First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children
by Charles Kingsley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£160.00£144.00
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated . Charles Kingsley's classic juvenile work in a charmingly leather-bound. Charles Kingsley's children's work concerning natural phenomenon and educating the young on geology and the earth. A later edition of this interesting work. Charles Kingsley was an author known for his work Water Babies, and a historian, friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin.With illustrations in text. Featuring Richard Pearse Chope's bookplate to front pastedown, British civil servant and Devon antiquarian. Rebound in half calf over cloth covered boards, with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, gilt to top edge, renewed marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Pershouse bookplate to front pastedown. Richard Pearse Chope's bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 821A21
- Title
- Madam How and Lady Why or First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children
- Author
- Charles Kingsley
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- charles kingsley juvenile work leather juvenile work
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Rebound
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- Fine
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