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The Old Showmen, And The Old London Fairs
by Frost, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Very good- in its original, decorated, blue cloth covered boards with a gilt image and gilt text on the spine and with black embossed borders on both boards with addition black embossing and a gilt image of a small child on the shoulder of a street actor. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth on the spine worn down to the edges of the text block, the cloth over the lower board tips is also worn through and evidently damage from what may have been silverfish to the front board. There is also an early prior owner's name neatly written at the top of the title page. The contents show moderate spots of foxing throughout and the last free end page is missing. 388 pages including an index. This title is extremely uncommon in first edition as evidenced by, as of this date, no first edition copies of same are listed on the Internet. Numerous printings of 1875 and beyond are much more common.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32107
- Title
- The Old Showmen, And The Old London Fairs
- Author
- Frost, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tinsley Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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