If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride: A Tale for Young Folk
by SEYMOUR, M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Hogg. Good. R.J. Key. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. 188pp + 28pp publisher's catalogues. 4 b&w plates. Prize inscription dated 1887 to reverse of front free endpaper. Board edges rubbed. Spine slightly scuffed, slightly frayed, with small split to top. Hinges cracked. Front free endpaper slightly marked. Very scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10571
- Title
- If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride: A Tale for Young Folk
- Author
- SEYMOUR, M
- Illustrator
- R.J. Key
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Hogg
- Place of Publication
- London
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Ripping Yarns
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...