A Wonder Book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. [2], viii, 206pp, [2], original gilt decorated cloth, t.e.g., illustrated endpapers. Slightly rubbed, previous owners gift inscription to ffep, but generally bright and clean. With twenty-four illustrations including sixteen tipped in full colour illustrations with titled tissue guards. Signed by Rackham to limitation leaf, this being number three hundred and ninety-two of six hundred copies. Housed in a leather entry cloth slipcase. Riall, page 146. Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001345
- Title
- A Wonder Book
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Rackham
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...