Description:
Hutchinson. Good. Minor wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Marks & fading on boards. Foxing on edges of text block & endpapers. Previous owners name on front inside board. "The Same" written on gutter of rear endpaper.
Phil Sidney or a Rich Boy's Trials (with) Jim Dexter or Handsome is as Handsome Does by Hooper, W.W - 1903
by Hooper, W.W
Phil Sidney or a Rich Boy's Trials (with) Jim Dexter or Handsome is as Handsome Does
by Hooper, W.W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1903. 356pp. + errata slip tipped in. Original red cloth with a boy's profile inset in a ribbon design with an unusual color backdrop that darkens from yellow to green, lettering stamped in black and gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated. An uncommon title, rendered interesting and collectible based on the fact that it is DOUBLE JACKETED. The interior jacket is a glassine jacket. The exterior jacket is printed. The glassine jacket has chipping at the edges. The printed jacket is dampstained at the front panel and has a few small closed tears. Fore and bottom edges of the text block foxed. Bottom corners bumped and rubbed through. Scattered dampstains to the extrerior jacket's spine. Ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper. . First Edition. Original Decorative Binding. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Brooklyn Eagle Press
- Place of Publication Brooklyn
- Date Published 1903
- Keywords Childrens Books, Dust Jackets
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall