Picture Book Garden Stories and Pictures and ABC's
by n/a
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No DJ
- Seller
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Southampton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
W. E. Scull, 1901. Edition Not Specified. Good+/No DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Subtitle: "Good Little Boys and Girls Please." "Comprising Stories, Rhymes and Plays to Entertain the Darlings of the Nursery. Illustrated with Nearly 200 Pictures Drawn by the Best Artists of England and America and A Lithographed Alphabet in Eight Colors." Red cloth spine, illustrated paper over hard covers, front cover in full-color with gilt detailing. Edges worn, back cover has b&w illustration, some rub marks. Most pages are tanned from age but very clean, pages with lithographed alphabet have color illustrations on glossy paper that is still white and bright. Hinges cracked but binding still very good and strong, all pages fully intact except front free endpaper. Child's name on rear pastedown page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CF28921
- Title
- Picture Book Garden Stories and Pictures and ABC's
- Author
- n/a
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Edition Not Specified
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. E. Scull
- Date Published
- 1901
- Pages
- unpaginated
- Size
- 8vo = over 9"
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's-Sets & Story Collections;
Terms of Sale
Heritage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives not as described or damaged.
About the Seller
Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2008
Southampton, Massachusetts
About Heritage Books
Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.
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