Make- Believe
by H D Lowry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£900.00£810.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane, 1896. First edition. Leather. Fine. 7.5" by 5". Charles Robinson. A beautifully bound and illustrated first edition of this work by H D Lowry. Henry Dawson Lowry was an English journalist, short story writer, novelist and poet. Bound by Riviere and Son for Sotheran. First edition, illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson. Charles Robinson was a prolific British book illustrator. This is an example of some of his earlier illustration work. The first full work he illustrated was Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses in 1895. He was especially popular for his illustrations of fairy tales and children's books. In a full crushed morocco binding by Riviere for Sotheran. Original cloth boards and spine bound in. Externally, in excellent condition with just some rubbing to joints and slightly darkened spine. Attractive marbled endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FIN3-B-6
- Title
- Make- Believe
- Author
- H D Lowry
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- charles robinson henry dawson lowry riviere sotheran henry dawson lowry
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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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.
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...