London: The Religious Tract Society, 1872. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. 10 1/2" Tall. Twenty-Four Coloured Engravings. True first edition published by the Religious Tract Society in London, undated. 24 chromolithographic plates with text. Contents complete, pages square, no tears or damage, heavy offsetting of color plates onto facing blanks, light soiling which does not affect the illustrations. Cover of original pebbled cloth, gilt, laid down onto a new binding in green cloth similar to the original, title reading down the spine, with a double set of watered endpapers at fornt and back, very nicely done.

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Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020532
Title: The Toy Book Present
Illustrator: Twenty-Four Coloured Engravings
Format/Binding: Green Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1872
Size: 10 1/2" Tall
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: General
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens Books 1851 -1900;

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Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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...
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...
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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....