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THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES; OR, THE MERRIE HEART.
by Illustrated by CRANE, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London/Paris/New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., c.1875. . Fifth edition, 12mo., pp.225,4(adverts), pictorial green bevelled cloth, gilt, a.e.g., colour frontispiece and 6 further colour plates, wood-engraved illustrations throughout; owner’s ink inscription, dated 1932, to front free endpaper verso, occasional spotting or marking to fore-margins, contents very slightly shaken but still very good and tight, light rubbing to extremities, with a few (just lightly visible) water-marks to cloth, including ring-mark to front board, overall a very good, fairly bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37516
- Title
- THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES; OR, THE MERRIE HEART.
- Author
- Illustrated by CRANE, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London/Paris/New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., c.1875.
Terms of Sale
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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About the Seller
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Biblio member since 2019
YORK, North Yorkshire
About MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Our extensive stock of antiquarian and second-hand books is housed over five floors of a Georgian town house and covers most subject areas. We are situated opposite York Minster and open 7 days. We have particularly strong holdings of Children's and Illustrated books, English Literature and History.
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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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.