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Our Darling's Surprise Pictures
by Ernest Nister
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
1st edition, 4to. Red cloth spine; light green paper over boards with chromolithographed title and illustrations on front board. Floral endpapers.
A Victorian "dissolving window" picture book from the golden age of the moveable book.
A tab is pulled at the lower edge, which animates and completely changes the illustration above. Artwork by Nister, who also served as publisher. The facing pages have accompanying poems by English poet and songwriter Frederic Weatherly. A charming, and scarce, item with 8 chromolithographic color transformations, all in Very Good working order.
CONDITION: Good-. Notoriously prone to wear, the covers are fair at best, with moderate soiling and severely cracked hinges that are nearly detached from the text block; numerous edge tears in the end papers which are also toned. The text block and transformations were printed on better quality paper. The text block is much better. Facing pages in good condition, some with minor edge wear and toning. All of the tipped-in transformations are in very good condition, with some toning to the margins of the backing pages. Two have ¼" closed tears in the backing margin, not affecting the tipped-in portion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- k210115f
- Title
- Our Darling's Surprise Pictures
- Author
- Ernest Nister
- Illustrator
- Ernest Nister
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Nister / E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- London / NY
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children’s book, juvenile, poetry, illustrated books, toy books, victoriana, picture books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Children's Books; Toy and Movable Books;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera
30 day return with full refund if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. 14-day return if you simply have buyer's remorse and decided to ruin our day.....
Shipping Charges: Our shipping charges are based upon a 2 lb [1kg] book using the US Postal Service. U.S. orders are sent via media mail or priority mail. International orders by first class mail for items weighing 2 lbs [1kg] or less, or priority mail for heavier items. If the actual cost of postage is substantially less than estimated we will refund the difference. For substantially HEAVIER items, we may request a shipping surcharge.
Shipping Charges: Our shipping charges are based upon a 2 lb [1kg] book using the US Postal Service. U.S. orders are sent via media mail or priority mail. International orders by first class mail for items weighing 2 lbs [1kg] or less, or priority mail for heavier items. If the actual cost of postage is substantially less than estimated we will refund the difference. For substantially HEAVIER items, we may request a shipping surcharge.
About the Seller
Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera
Biblio member since 2020
Sacramento, California
About Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera
80 Years of Selling Things People Could Easily Live Without -- but now Online only.*****CONDITION: We are conservative graders. If we say FINE you can count on it. If there are any minor defects [e.g. minor shelf-wear] they will be noted. VERY GOOD means there is light shelf or surface-wear, possibly some light age-toning, maybe a prior owner's inked name inside -- but no significant defects. GOOD means we wish we had a better copy too, but still in collectable condition. Any significant defects will be noted. FAIR usually means the interior is good or better but the covers are heavily worn. POOR means both the interior and the covers are damaged. Again, significant defects will be noted.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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